Climate averages 1991–2020
Río Gallegos weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Río Gallegos: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Arenas (205 km away). In February its highs average 12.4°C, 5.5°C cooler than Río Gallegos, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Río Gallegos ranks 67th of 67 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 67 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 67 cities is 27.7°C; Río Gallegos is 9.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Punta Arenas in FebruaryChile · 205 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Comodoro Rivadavia in FebruaryArgentina · 654 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Stanley in FebruaryFalkland Islands · 785 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Trelew in FebruaryArgentina · 977 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 22 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in FebruaryArgentina · 1176 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 33 mm rain
- General Roca in FebruaryArgentina · 1406 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Neuquén in FebruaryArgentina · 1412 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Cipolletti in FebruaryArgentina · 1415 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 17 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.