Esquel climate — normals and trends
Esquel (Argentina) has a dry-summer subarctic climate (Dsc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 834 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (12.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Esquel averages 144 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Esquel has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 177 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 10 February 2011) and the coldest -22.5 °C (on 30 July 2006).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
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- coords
- -42.91°, -71.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.9°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
834mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
13.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
202.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.9 °C
Average peak gust
49.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.6 °C
10 February 2011
Coldest day
-22.5 °C
30 July 2006
Wettest day
88 mm
1 June 1977
Windiest day
35.0 km/h
24 October 2021
Strongest gust
124.6 km/h
24 October 2021
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
1 January 2011
Coldest feels-like
-27.4 °C
30 July 2006
Snowiest day
35.8 cm
22 April 1998
Sunniest day
14.9 h
14 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 4 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 19.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 10 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 39 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 12.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 72 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 7.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 131 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 5.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 69 mm | -48 mm |
| Jul | 5.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 74 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 8.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 111 mm | +12 mm |
| Sep | 10.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 79 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 89 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 46 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 17.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 20 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Esquel?
Esquel has a dry-summer subarctic climate (Köppen Dsc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 834 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Esquel?
The hottest day measured in Esquel between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 2011, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Esquel?
The coldest day measured in Esquel between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2006, at -22.5 °C.
Does it snow in Esquel?
Yes. Esquel gets on average 202.4 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Esquel warmed?
Yes: Esquel warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Esquel?
The wettest day measured in Esquel between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1977, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Esquel?
The windiest day measured in Esquel between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2021, with winds reaching 35.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Esquel?
The warmest month in Esquel is January (12.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Esquel?
Esquel receives on average 834 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Esquel?
Esquel gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Esquel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Esquel between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1998, with 35.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Esquel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Esquel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Esquel?
In Esquel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 1 January 2011, and the lowest was -27.4 °C on 30 July 2006.
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