San José de Metán
# San José de Metán

San José de Metán (usually shortened to Metán) is a city in the south of the province of Salta, Argentina, 160 km from the provincial capital Salta, on National Routes 9 and 34. It has about 28,000 inhabitants as per the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the Metán Department.

## Climate

Climate data for San José de Metán (1934–1990) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.4 (52.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.9 (60.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 23.0 (73.4) | 17.9 (64.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 183 (7.2) | 169 (6.7) | 169 (6.7) | 66 (2.6) | 20 (0.8) | 12 (0.5) | 6 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 7 (0.3) | 39 (1.5) | 78 (3.1) | 149 (5.9) | 903 (35.6) |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria ||||||||||||||
