Puerto Natales climate — normals and trends
Puerto Natales (Chile) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 1,368 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 (10.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Puerto Natales averages 92 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 219 rainy days per year.
Puerto Natales has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 113 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.0 °C (on 4 February 2019) and the coldest -18.2 °C (on 18 July 1973).
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
Puerto NatalesRegion of Magallanes
- coords
- -51.73°, -72.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
8.5°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,368mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
20.6km/h
Seasonal range
10.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
219 d/yr
Annual snowfall
98.0 cm
Average feels-like high
4.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.2 °C
Average peak gust
47.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
27.0 °C
4 February 2019
Coldest day
-18.2 °C
18 July 1973
Wettest day
82 mm
20 August 1976
Windiest day
50.8 km/h
13 April 1994
Strongest gust
118.4 km/h
21 December 1996
Hottest feels-like
29.3 °C
4 February 2019
Coldest feels-like
-23.2 °C
18 July 1973
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
20 May 1981
Sunniest day
16.3 h
18 December 1977
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 156 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 13.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 128 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 142 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 10.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 66 mm | -67 mm |
| May | 5.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 96 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 4.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 116 mm | +29 mm |
| Jul | 3.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 100 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 6.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 53 mm | -45 mm |
| Sep | 9.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 72 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 163 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 190 mm | +61 mm |
| Dec | 13.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 221 mm | +92 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Natales?
Puerto Natales has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 1,368 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Natales?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Natales between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 2019, reaching 27.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Natales?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Natales between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1973, at -18.2 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Natales?
Yes. Puerto Natales gets on average 98.0 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Puerto Natales warmed?
Yes: Puerto Natales warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Natales?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Natales between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1976, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Natales?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Natales between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1994, with winds reaching 50.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Natales?
The warmest month in Puerto Natales is January (10.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Natales?
Puerto Natales receives on average 1,368 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 219 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Natales?
Puerto Natales gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Puerto Natales?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puerto Natales between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1981, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Natales?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Puerto Natales.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Natales?
In Puerto Natales, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.3 °C on 4 February 2019, and the lowest was -23.2 °C on 18 July 1973.
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