Puerto Montt weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇱 Chile · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Puerto Montt is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with January close behind. Puerto Montt averages about 2,120 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 57 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,120
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 1,338 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 17°C / 63°F
- Population
- 246k
- Elevation
- 83 m
When is the best time to visit Puerto Montt?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Puerto Montt is February, then January. The dullest month is July (5/100, 166 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Puerto Montt?
Puerto Montt gets a moderate 2,120 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate February (81) from July (5), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #15 of 18 destinations in Chile for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,773 hours. The year's 1,338 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 65 mm | 10 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 81 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 57 mm | 8 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 86 mm | 6 | 15° / 59°F |
| April | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 113 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| May | 21 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 163 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| June | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 181 mm | 1 | 10° / 50°F |
| July | 5 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 166 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| August | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 161 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| September | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 91 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 99 mm | 5 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 84 mm | 7 | 13° / 55°F |
| December | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 72 mm | 9 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Puerto Montt by month
The sea off Puerto Montt is warmest in January at around 17°C / 63°F, and coolest in July at 9°C / 48°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 165 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 282 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Balmaceda Chile · 510 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 519 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
- Santiago Chile · 918 km · best in Mar · 3,263 h sun/yr
- Mendoza Argentina · 1,030 km · best in Sep · 3,504 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Osorno Chile · 93 km · 2,270 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Dalcahue Chile · 112 km · 1,880 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Valdivia Chile · 199 km · 2,528 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Chapelco/San Martin de los Andes Argentina · 224 km · 2,635 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Esquel Argentina · 229 km · 2,670 h sun/yr · best in Feb
Head-to-head
How Puerto Montt compares month by month: Puerto Montt vs Temuco · Puerto Montt vs Punta Arenas · Puerto Montt vs San Carlos de Bariloche · Puerto Montt vs Balmaceda · all comparisons
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