Rio Gallegos weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇷 Argentina · small town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Rio Gallegos is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 71/100), with February and December close behind. Rio Gallegos averages about 2,204 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 37 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,204
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 71/100
- Rain / year
- 409 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈23 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 96k
- Elevation
- 16 m
When is the best time to visit Rio Gallegos?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Rio Gallegos is January, then February and December. The dullest month is May (0/100, 37 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Rio Gallegos?
Rio Gallegos gets a moderate 2,204 hours of sunshine a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate January (71) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #38 of 41 destinations in Argentina for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,741 hours. The year's 409 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 | 71 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 37 mm | 7 |
| February | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 36 mm | 6 |
| March | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 40 mm | 4 |
| April | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 37 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 37 mm | 1 |
| June | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 33 mm | 0 |
| July | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 31 mm | 0 |
| August | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 31 mm | 1 |
| September | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 26 mm | 2 |
| October | 29 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 27 mm | 4 |
| November | 50 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 32 mm | 6 |
| December | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 42 mm | 7 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Punta Arenas Chile · 187 km · best in Feb · 1,460 h sun/yr
- Balmaceda Chile · 657 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Puerto Montt Chile · 1,166 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 1,171 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 1,434 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 1,676 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rio Turbio Argentina · 201 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Puerto Natales Chile · 222 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- El Calafate Argentina · 242 km · 1,873 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Rio Grande Argentina · 263 km · 2,240 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Gobernador Gregores Argentina · 320 km · 2,640 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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