Climate averages 1991–2020
Stanley weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Stanley: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Río Gallegos (785 km away). In October its highs average 13.6°C, 5.0°C warmer than Stanley, with 22 mm of rain.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 50 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
Stanley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 62 | 13.1 | 16.116 h |
| February | 13.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 12.0 | 14.514 h |
| March | 11.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 55 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| April | 9.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 51 | 12.5 | 10.511 h |
| May | 6.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 48 | 12.0 | 8.89 h |
| June | 5.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 47 | 12.3 | 7.98 h |
| July | 4.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 49 | 12.3 | 8.38 h |
| August | 5.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 39 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| September | 6.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 37 | 9.9 | 11.712 h |
| October, selected | 8.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 41 | 10.1 | 13.714 h |
| November | 10.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 50 | 11.5 | 15.516 h |
| December | 12.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 66 | 14.2 | 16.617 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
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 Stanley) is explained once on the Stanley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.