Climate averages 1991–2020
Río Gallegos weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Río Gallegos: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Arenas (205 km away). In January its highs average 12.3°C, 5.9°C cooler than Río Gallegos, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Río Gallegos ranks 67th of 67 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 67 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 67 cities is 29.0°C; Río Gallegos is 10.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Punta Arenas in JanuaryChile · 205 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Comodoro Rivadavia in JanuaryArgentina · 654 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Stanley in JanuaryFalkland Islands · 785 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Trelew in JanuaryArgentina · 977 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 15 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in JanuaryArgentina · 1176 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 31 mm rain
- General Roca in JanuaryArgentina · 1406 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Neuquén in JanuaryArgentina · 1412 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Cipolletti in JanuaryArgentina · 1415 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 12 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.