Climate averages 1991–2020
Río Gallegos weather
in July.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cold month in Río Gallegos: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Arenas (205 km away). In July its highs average 3.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Río Gallegos, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Río Gallegos ranks 66th of 67 for the warmest July highs and joint 19th of 67 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 67 cities is 14.6°C; Río Gallegos is 10.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Punta Arenas in JulyChile · 205 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Comodoro Rivadavia in JulyArgentina · 654 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Stanley in JulyFalkland Islands · 785 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Trelew in JulyArgentina · 977 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.5°C · 14 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in JulyArgentina · 1176 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 140 mm rain
- General Roca in JulyArgentina · 1406 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Neuquén in JulyArgentina · 1412 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Cipolletti in JulyArgentina · 1415 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.6°C · 18 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.