Puerto Natales weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇱 Chile · small town · oceanic / maritime climate

Puerto Natales is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is February (Score 35/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.

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Sun hours / year

1,502

Sunniest month

February

Peak score

35/100

Rain / year

1,168 mm

Snow / year

≈1.2 m

Midday UV at peak

6 (high)

Population

19k

Elevation

65 m

When is the best time to visit Puerto Natales?

Puerto Natales never gets truly sunny weather: February is as good as it gets at 35/100, and May is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.

How sunny is Puerto Natales?

Puerto Natales isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,502 hours of sunshine a year. February (35/100) is noticeably better than May (0). It ranks #17 of 18 destinations in Chile for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,773 hours. The year's 1,168 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Punta Arenas Chile · 187 km · best in Feb · 1,460 h sun/yr
• Balmaceda Chile · 643 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
• Puerto Montt Chile · 1,138 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
• San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 1,174 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
• Temuco Chile · 1,417 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
• Concepcion Chile · 1,657 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Rio Turbio Argentina · 23 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Feb
• El Calafate Argentina · 158 km · 1,873 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Rio Gallegos Argentina · 222 km · 2,204 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Gobernador Gregores Argentina · 363 km · 2,640 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Rio Grande Argentina · 398 km · 2,240 h sun/yr · best in Feb