Rio Turbio weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇷 Argentina · small town · subpolar / tundra climate
Rio Turbio is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is February (Score 23/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,502
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 23/100
- Rain / year
- 1,168 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 7k
- Elevation
- 273 m

When is the best time to visit Rio Turbio?
Rio Turbio never gets truly sunny weather: February is as good as it gets at 23/100, and April is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Rio Turbio?
Rio Turbio isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,502 hours of sunshine a year. February (23/100) is noticeably better than April (0). It ranks #40 of 41 destinations in Argentina for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,741 hours. The year's 1,168 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 | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 119 mm | 6 |
| February | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 98 mm | 5 |
| March | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 110 mm | 3 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 110 mm | 1 |
| May | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 97 mm | 1 |
| June | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 101 mm | 0 |
| July | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 85 mm | 0 |
| August | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 86 mm | 1 |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 77 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 82 mm | 4 |
| November | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 95 mm | 5 |
| December | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 108 mm | 6 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Punta Arenas Chile · 181 km · best in Feb · 1,460 h sun/yr
- Balmaceda Chile · 634 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Puerto Montt Chile · 1,132 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 1,165 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 1,410 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 1,651 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Puerto Natales Chile · 23 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- El Calafate Argentina · 148 km · 1,873 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Rio Gallegos Argentina · 201 km · 2,204 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Gobernador Gregores Argentina · 347 km · 2,640 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Rio Grande Argentina · 386 km · 2,240 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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