Climate averages 1991–2020
Punta Arenas weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Punta Arenas: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Río Gallegos (205 km away). In February its highs average 17.9°C, 5.5°C warmer than Punta Arenas, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Punta Arenas ranks 40th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 39th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; Punta Arenas is 12.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Punta Arenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 89 | 20.0 | 16.316 h |
| February, selected | 12.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 69 | 15.6 | 14.615 h |
| March | 11.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 83 | 17.4 | 12.613 h |
| April | 8.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 84 | 15.4 | 10.510 h |
| May | 6.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 60 | 13.2 | 8.69 h |
| June | 3.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 56 | 12.4 | 7.68 h |
| July | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 56 | 12.8 | 8.18 h |
| August | 4.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 62 | 13.4 | 9.610 h |
| September | 6.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 54 | 12.2 | 11.612 h |
| October | 8.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 69 | 15.5 | 13.714 h |
| November | 10.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 78 | 18.3 | 15.716 h |
| December | 11.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 88 | 20.7 | 16.817 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
February in nearby cities
- Río Gallegos in FebruaryArgentina · 205 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Puerto Montt in FebruaryChile · 1309 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Osorno in FebruaryChile · 1410 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Valdivia in FebruaryChile · 1495 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 44 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 Punta Arenas) is explained once on the Punta Arenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.