Stanley weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Stanley is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is January (Score 20/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,808
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 20/100
- Rain / year
- 713 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 11°C / 52°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 19 m
When is the best time to visit Stanley?
Stanley never gets truly sunny weather: January is as good as it gets at 20/100, 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 Stanley?
Stanley gets a moderate 1,808 hours of sunshine a year. January (20/100) is noticeably better than April (0). It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Falkland Islands. The year's 713 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 | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 60 mm | 7 | 10° / 50°F |
| February | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 62 mm | 6 | 11° / 52°F |
| March | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 8° / 46°F | 75 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 73 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 64 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 58 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| July | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 63 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| August | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 58 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 51 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 48 mm | 4 | 6° / 43°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 45 mm | 6 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 56 mm | 7 | 10° / 50°F |
Sea temperature in Stanley by month
The sea off Stanley is warmest in February at around 11°C / 52°F, and coolest in July at 4°C / 39°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
- Punta Arenas Chile · 899 km · best in Feb · 1,460 h sun/yr
- Balmaceda Chile · 1,201 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 1,552 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Puerto Montt Chile · 1,627 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 1,827 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) Argentina · 1,876 km · best in Dec · 2,741 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mount Pleasant Falkland Islands · 48 km · 1,835 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Rio Grande Argentina · 710 km · 2,240 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Puerto Deseado Argentina · 730 km · 2,786 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Ushuaia Argentina · 782 km · 1,395 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Rio Gallegos Argentina · 795 km · 2,204 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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