Climate averages 1991–2020
Río Gallegos weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Río Gallegos: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Arenas (205 km away). In March its highs average 11.1°C, 4.6°C cooler than Río Gallegos, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Río Gallegos ranks 67th of 67 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 67 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 67 cities is 25.6°C; Río Gallegos is 9.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Punta Arenas in MarchChile · 205 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Comodoro Rivadavia in MarchArgentina · 654 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Stanley in MarchFalkland Islands · 785 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Trelew in MarchArgentina · 977 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 21 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in MarchArgentina · 1176 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 41 mm rain
- General Roca in MarchArgentina · 1406 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Neuquén in MarchArgentina · 1412 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Cipolletti in MarchArgentina · 1415 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 19 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.