Best: Jan, Jul-Aug · Great: Feb · Jul-Aug for Ski Season
A classic dry-summer rhythm shapes the year — hot, largely rain-free stretches around January giving way to milder, wetter conditions by July. In January, expect highs around 20°C with rain on roughly 2 days of the month.
Ski Season (July-August) — Las Lenas, ranked among South America's best resorts for steep, high-alpine terrain, is in full ski season.
Las Lenas is Argentina's premier high-altitude resort, known for extreme and off-piste terrain including a 7km run from summit to base. Its remote setting in western Mendoza Province makes it less accessible than Bariloche's Cerro Catedral, but draws serious skiers for exactly that reason.
Standard Chilean/Argentine mountain fare applies, with hearty stews and mulled wine popular apres-ski.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect mild days around 20°/6°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/6°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 16°/3°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 11°/-1°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 5°/-5°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect cold days around 0°/-8°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).
Expect cold days around -1°/-9°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).
Expect cold days around 1°/-7°C, with frequent rain (~13 rainy days).
Expect cold days around 4°/-5°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 9°/-1°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 14°/2°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 18°/5°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).