Punta Arenas weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇱 Chile · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Punta Arenas is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is February (Score 33/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,460
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 33/100
- Rain / year
- 577 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈14 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 10°C / 50°F
- Population
- 117k
- Elevation
- 36 m
When is the best time to visit Punta Arenas?
Punta Arenas never gets truly sunny weather: February is as good as it gets at 33/100, 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 Punta Arenas?
Punta Arenas isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,460 hours of sunshine a year. February (33/100) is noticeably better than May (0). It ranks #18 of 18 destinations in Chile for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,773 hours. The year's 577 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 | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 57 mm | 6 | 9° / 48°F |
| February | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 45 mm | 5 | 10° / 50°F |
| March | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 58 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| April | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 60 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 52 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 49 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| July | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 45 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| August | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 44 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| September | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 35 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| October | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 38 mm | 4 | 6° / 43°F |
| November | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 43 mm | 5 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 51 mm | 6 | 9° / 48°F |
Sea temperature in Punta Arenas by month
The sea off Punta Arenas is warmest in February at around 10°C / 50°F, and coolest in June at 6°C / 43°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
- Balmaceda Chile · 790 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Puerto Montt Chile · 1,296 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 1,318 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 1,571 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 1,813 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
- Santiago Chile · 2,180 km · best in Mar · 3,263 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rio Turbio Argentina · 181 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Puerto Natales Chile · 187 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Rio Gallegos Argentina · 187 km · 2,204 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Rio Grande Argentina · 223 km · 2,240 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Ushuaia Argentina · 264 km · 1,395 h sun/yr · best in Feb
Head-to-head
How Punta Arenas compares month by month: Punta Arenas vs Puerto Montt · Punta Arenas vs San Carlos de Bariloche · Punta Arenas vs Balmaceda · all comparisons
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