Climate averages 1991–2020
Río Gallegos weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Río Gallegos: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punta Arenas (205 km away). In October its highs average 8.6°C, 5.0°C cooler than Río Gallegos, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Río Gallegos ranks 66th of 67 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 67 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 67 cities is 22.2°C; Río Gallegos is 8.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Punta Arenas in OctoberChile · 205 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Comodoro Rivadavia in OctoberArgentina · 654 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Stanley in OctoberFalkland Islands · 785 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Trelew in OctoberArgentina · 977 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 18 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in OctoberArgentina · 1176 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 70 mm rain
- General Roca in OctoberArgentina · 1406 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Neuquén in OctoberArgentina · 1412 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Cipolletti in OctoberArgentina · 1415 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 30 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.