Punta Arenas climate — normals and trends
Punta Arenas (Chile) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.1 °C and it receives 831 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 (8.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Punta Arenas averages 80 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 192 rainy days per year.
Punta Arenas has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 111 to 49 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.7 °C (on 4 February 2019) and the coldest -12.9 °C (on 6 July 1961).
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
Punta ArenasRegion of Magallanes
- coords
- -53.16°, -70.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.1°C
Average daily high
7.4°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
831mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
28.0km/h
Seasonal range
8.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
192 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.5 cm
Average feels-like high
2.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
53.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
23.7 °C
4 February 2019
Coldest day
-12.9 °C
6 July 1961
Wettest day
40 mm
4 April 2005
Windiest day
63.7 km/h
16 June 2015
Strongest gust
125.3 km/h
12 December 2007
Hottest feels-like
25.3 °C
4 February 2019
Coldest feels-like
-18.3 °C
6 July 1961
Snowiest day
20.1 cm
29 September 1949
Sunniest day
16.7 h
21 December 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 101 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 11.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 89 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 91 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 9.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 40 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 5.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 75 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 4.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 44 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 4.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 60 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 5.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 27 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 7.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 42 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 9.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 90 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 110 mm | +32 mm |
| Dec | 10.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 148 mm | +62 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Punta Arenas?
Punta Arenas has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.1 °C and it receives 831 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Punta Arenas?
The hottest day measured in Punta Arenas between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 2019, reaching 23.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Punta Arenas?
The coldest day measured in Punta Arenas between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1961, at -12.9 °C.
Does it snow in Punta Arenas?
Yes. Punta Arenas gets on average 81.5 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Punta Arenas warmed?
Yes: Punta Arenas warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Punta Arenas?
The wettest day measured in Punta Arenas between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2005, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Punta Arenas?
The windiest day measured in Punta Arenas between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 2015, with winds reaching 63.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Punta Arenas?
The warmest month in Punta Arenas is January (8.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Punta Arenas?
Punta Arenas receives on average 831 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 192 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Punta Arenas?
Punta Arenas gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Punta Arenas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Punta Arenas between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1949, with 20.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Punta Arenas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Punta Arenas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Punta Arenas?
In Punta Arenas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 25.3 °C on 4 February 2019, and the lowest was -18.3 °C on 6 July 1961.
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