Punta Arenas
Elevation 34 m53.16° S, 70.91° W
When to go?
Mean 11 °C, 10 rain days in the month (47 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 10 °C, 8 rain days in the month (42 mm).
The least cold month of the year.
Mean 9 °C, 9 rain days in the month (55 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 8 rain days in the month (59 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 5 °C, 7 rain days in the month (44 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 3 °C, 7 rain days in the month (45 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 3 °C, 7 rain days in the month (49 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 3 °C, 6 rain days in the month (47 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 5 °C, 5 rain days in the month (32 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 7 rain days in the month (36 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 8 °C, 8 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 10 °C, 9 rain days in the month (43 mm).
The least cold month of the year.
No ideal month: the best months are February, December, the least cold. Nothing against January, March–November either.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Strait of Magellan
Monthly mean sea temperature: Strait of Magellan (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Strait of Magellan (°C)
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.2 °C; in the last ten years by +0.3 °C. Warmest year: 1998 (+0.9 °C), coldest: 1954 (−0.9 °C).
July and May warmed the most (+0.6 and +0.4 °C), December the least (−0.2 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +2 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
≈no clear change of the sea compared with 1961–1990
Snow, then and now
≈no clear change of winter snow compared with 1961–1990