Ushuaia weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇷 Argentina · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Ushuaia is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is February (Score 25/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,395
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 25/100
- Rain / year
- 711 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈83 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 10°C / 50°F
- Population
- 57k
- Elevation
- 27 m
When is the best time to visit Ushuaia?
Ushuaia never gets truly sunny weather: February is as good as it gets at 25/100, 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 Ushuaia?
Ushuaia isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,395 hours of sunshine a year. February (25/100) is noticeably better than April (0). It ranks #41 of 41 destinations in Argentina for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,741 hours. The year's 711 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 | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 78 mm | 6 | 10° / 50°F |
| February | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 70 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| March | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 65 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 3° / 37°F | 67 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 53 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 58 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| July | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 51 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| August | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 46 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 44 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 44 mm | 3 | 6° / 43°F |
| November | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 62 mm | 5 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 73 mm | 6 | 9° / 48°F |
Sea temperature in Ushuaia by month
The sea off Ushuaia is warmest in January at around 10°C / 50°F, and coolest in August at 5°C / 41°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 · 264 km · best in Feb · 1,460 h sun/yr
- Balmaceda Chile · 1,021 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Puerto Montt Chile · 1,531 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 1,537 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 1,800 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 2,042 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rio Grande Argentina · 124 km · 2,240 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Rio Gallegos Argentina · 366 km · 2,204 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Rio Turbio Argentina · 445 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Puerto Natales Chile · 451 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- El Calafate Argentina · 567 km · 1,873 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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