Climate averages 1991–2020
Río Gallegos weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Río Gallegos: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Arenas (205 km away). In April its highs average 8.8°C, 3.4°C cooler than Río Gallegos, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Río Gallegos ranks 66th of 67 for the warmest April highs and joint 8th of 67 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 67 cities is 21.8°C; Río Gallegos is 9.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Río Gallegos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 42 | 10.9 | 16.116 h |
| February | 17.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 34 | 8.3 | 14.514 h |
| March | 15.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 37 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| April, selected | 12.1°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 29 | 7.4 | 10.511 h |
| May | 7.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 26 | 5.9 | 8.89 h |
| June | 4.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 22 | 5.7 | 7.98 h |
| July | 4.6°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 20 | 5.5 | 8.38 h |
| August | 6.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 21 | 5.3 | 9.810 h |
| September | 10.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.712 h |
| October | 13.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 22 | 6.5 | 13.614 h |
| November | 16.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 31 | 9.2 | 15.515 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 48 | 12.1 | 16.517 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Punta Arenas in AprilChile · 205 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Comodoro Rivadavia in AprilArgentina · 654 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Stanley in AprilFalkland Islands · 785 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Trelew in AprilArgentina · 977 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 19 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in AprilArgentina · 1176 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 74 mm rain
- General Roca in AprilArgentina · 1406 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Neuquén in AprilArgentina · 1412 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Cipolletti in AprilArgentina · 1415 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 22 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Río Gallegos) is explained once on the Río Gallegos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.