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Punta Arenas weather by month

Punta Arenas runs from about 0°C in June to 11°C in February, with February the wettest month at 104 mm.

warmest month

February

11°C

coolest month

June

0°C

wettest month

February

104 mm

worst air month

January

3 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Punta Arenas
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January11°C65 mm280 h3
February11°C104 mm234 h3
March8°C77 mm264 h2
April6°C82 mm177 h1
May3°C48 mm132 h2
June0°C37 mm94 h2
July3°C70 mm112 h2
August3°C76 mm143 h2
September4°C52 mm232 h2
October7°C79 mm228 h1
November9°C90 mm319 h2
December10°C72 mm299 h2

About 2,514 hours of sun a year. Roughly 86 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.