Climate averages 1991–2020
Río Gallegos weather
in June.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cold month in Río Gallegos: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 54 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Arenas (205 km away). In June its highs average 3.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Río Gallegos, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Río Gallegos ranks joint 66th of 67 for the warmest June highs and 18th of 67 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 67 cities is 15.3°C; Río Gallegos is 10.7°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Punta Arenas in JuneChile · 205 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Comodoro Rivadavia in JuneArgentina · 654 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Stanley in JuneFalkland Islands · 785 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Trelew in JuneArgentina · 977 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.4°C · 23 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in JuneArgentina · 1176 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.6°C · 172 mm rain
- General Roca in JuneArgentina · 1406 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Neuquén in JuneArgentina · 1412 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Cipolletti in JuneArgentina · 1415 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 21 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.