Region · Argentina
Best time to visit Catamarca Province
This guide covers 3 destinations in Catamarca Province, a first-level administrative division of Argentina. The largest by population are San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, San Francisco and Alta Gracia. Across its destinations, May, August and September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport (CTC).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Comfortable in the most places
- May, August and September
- Main airport
- CTCCoronel Felipe Varela International Airport
- Currency
- ARSArgentine convertible peso
- Time zones
- 3 zones
Destinations
Destinations in Catamarca Province
Every destination in this guide in Catamarca Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca | 186,947 | CTC · 14 km | |
| San Francisco | 69,391 | SFN · 123 km | |
| Alta Gracia | 60,695 | COR · 45 km |
When to go
Best time to visit Catamarca Province
From the climate of 3 destinations in Catamarca Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May, August and September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 103 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | 29 °C | 106 mm |
| March | 1 of 3 | 28 °C | 93 mm |
| April | 2 of 3 | 24 °C | 56 mm |
| May | 3 of 3 | 21 °C | 21 mm |
| June | 2 of 3 | 18 °C | 15 mm |
| July | 1 of 3 | 17 °C | 7 mm |
| August | 3 of 3 | 21 °C | 8 mm |
| September | 3 of 3 | 23 °C | 24 mm |
| October | 2 of 3 | 26 °C | 65 mm |
| November | 0 of 3 | 29 °C | 103 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 126 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Catamarca Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Catamarca Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CTC · Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport
COR · Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport
SFN · Sauce Viejo Airport
RHD · Termas de Río Hondo international Airport
IRJ · Capitan V A Almonacid Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Catamarca Province, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Argentina
Regional holidays observed in Catamarca Province
Nearby
Regions near Catamarca Province
Other regions of Argentina with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.