Esquel weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇷 Argentina · small town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Esquel is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with January close behind. Esquel averages about 2,670 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 41 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,670
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 845 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈93 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 28k
- Elevation
- 792 m
When is the best time to visit Esquel?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Esquel is February, then January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 109 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Esquel?
Esquel gets a lot of sun: around 2,670 hours a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate February (87) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #25 of 41 destinations in Argentina for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,741 hours. The year's 845 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 85 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 52 mm | 10 |
| February | 87 | 21° / 70°F | 6° / 43°F | 41 mm | 9 |
| March | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 54 mm | 6 |
| April | 35 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 61 mm | 3 |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 109 mm | 2 |
| June | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 125 mm | 1 |
| July | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 94 mm | 1 |
| August | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 88 mm | 2 |
| September | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 51 mm | 4 |
| October | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 66 mm | 6 |
| November | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 59 mm | 8 |
| December | 72 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 45 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 195 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Puerto Montt Chile · 229 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- Balmaceda Chile · 337 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 461 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 702 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
- Santiago Chile · 1,058 km · best in Mar · 3,263 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Dalcahue Chile · 220 km · 1,880 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Osorno Chile · 301 km · 2,270 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Chapelco/San Martin de los Andes Argentina · 315 km · 2,635 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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