El Chalten weather in November

In November, El Chalten sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 234 mm of precipitation across 21 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of November to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is El Chalten's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Chalten's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 4°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: -2°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 234 mm; 21 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 6:02 AM – 9:12 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 5th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month.

A typical November day in El Chalten reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 1°C warmer than October and about 2°C cooler than December.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Avg low (°C)	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-3
2	4	-3
3	4	-3
4	4	-3
5	4	-3
6	4	-3
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-2
10	4	-2
11	4	-2
12	4	-2
13	4	-2
14	4	-2
15	4	-2
16	4	-2
17	4	-2
18	4	-2
19	4	-2
20	4	-2
21	4	-2
22	4	-2
23	4	-2
24	4	-2
25	4	-2
26	4	-2
27	5	-2
28	5	-2
29	5	-2
30	5	-1

How November really feels in El Chalten

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in November is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

El Chalten weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 1°	252	22.8	19.5	15.6	0.8
Feb	8° / 1°	202	17.8	13.6	14.2	1.1
Mar	7° / -1°	250	20.9	17.3	12.5	0.5
Apr	4° / -3°	268	20.4	18.8	10.6	0.0
May	1° / -4°	265	20.3	20	8.9	0.0
Jun	-2° / -7°	221	19.7	20.6	8	0.0
Jul	-2° / -7°	219	19.9	20.8	8.4	0.0
Aug	-1° / -6°	215	20.4	21.4	9.8	0.0
Sep	1° / -5°	179	19.2	20.5	11.6	0.0
Oct	3° / -4°	228	19.9	20.4	13.5	0.0
Nov	4° / -2°	234	21	21	15.1	0.0
Dec	6° / -1°	262	22.8	20.7	16	0.2

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Cloudier (%)	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitationSnow

El Chalten gets around 234 mm of rain and snow over 21 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 69% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days, and about 21 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	71
Snow chance (%)	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	69	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	74	74	74	73	72	71	70	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	63	63
2	63	63
3	63	63
4	63	63
5	64	64
6	64	64
7	65	64
8	65	65
9	66	65
10	66	66
11	67	66
12	67	67
13	68	67
14	69	68
15	69	69
16	70	70
17	71	71
18	72	71
19	73	72
20	73	73
21	74	74
22	74	74
23	74	74
24	74	74
25	74	74
26	74	73
27	73	72
28	73	71
29	72	70
30	71	69

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of November feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, November lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in November

Winds average 8 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of November to 15 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 8:48 PM to 9:32 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50
Sunset (PM)	8:48	8:49	8:51	8:53	8:54	8:56	8:57	8:59	9:01	9:02	9:04	9:05	9:07	9:09	9:10	9:12	9:13	9:15	9:16	9:18	9:19	9:21	9:22	9:24	9:25	9:26	9:28	9:29	9:30	9:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.4	6:23	8:48
2	14.5	6:21	8:49
3	14.5	6:19	8:51
4	14.6	6:18	8:53
5	14.6	6:16	8:54
6	14.7	6:15	8:56
7	14.7	6:13	8:57
8	14.8	6:12	8:59
9	14.8	6:11	9:01
10	14.9	6:09	9:02
11	14.9	6:08	9:04
12	15.0	6:07	9:05
13	15.0	6:05	9:07
14	15.1	6:04	9:09
15	15.1	6:03	9:10
16	15.2	6:02	9:12
17	15.2	6:01	9:13
18	15.3	6:00	9:15
19	15.3	5:59	9:16
20	15.3	5:58	9:18
21	15.4	5:57	9:19
22	15.4	5:56	9:21
23	15.5	5:55	9:22
24	15.5	5:54	9:24
25	15.5	5:53	9:25
26	15.6	5:53	9:26
27	15.6	5:52	9:28
28	15.6	5:51	9:29
29	15.7	5:51	9:30
30	15.7	5:50	9:32

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 6.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.97 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in December across the year — November's 6.88 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.2	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.7	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.8	Intense
13	6.8	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.9	Intense
16	6.9	Intense
17	7.0	Intense
18	7.0	Intense
19	7.0	Intense
20	7.0	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.1	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.2	Intense
26	7.2	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.3	Intense
30	7.3	Intense

Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit El Chalten?

Our two travel scores rate November for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in El Chalten.

What to pack for El Chalten in November

From November's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In November, El Chalten sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 21 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protectiona heavy coat

UV index in El Chalten in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Chalten peaks around December 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	6	3	2	1	1	2	4	7	8	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	6	High
Apr	3	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is El Chalten?

El Chalten sits at 49.3°S, 72.9°W, 0 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is El Calafate, 121 km away.

Topography around El Chalten

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of El Chalten.

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Chalten has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 458 m around an average of 530 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,616 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,553 m.

The land around El Chalten is covered by grassland (57%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (37%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and snow and ice (32%), grassland (25%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

458 m

grassland 57%

16 km

2,616 m

bare terrain 37%

80 km

3,553 m

snow and ice 32%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← October El Chalten year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: El Calafate 121 km · Puerto Natales 268 km · Río Gallegos 362 km · Coyhaique 422 km · Las Heras 428 km · Puerto Aysén 437 km · Punta Arenas 448 km · Pico Truncado 462 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,898; 2025
Happiness: 6.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 575
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for El Chalten (-49.3299°, -72.886°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-3
2	4	-3
3	4	-3
4	4	-3
5	4	-3
6	4	-3
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-2
10	4	-2
11	4	-2
12	4	-2
13	4	-2
14	4	-2
15	4	-2
16	4	-2
17	4	-2
18	4	-2
19	4	-2
20	4	-2
21	4	-2
22	4	-2
23	4	-2
24	4	-2
25	4	-2
26	4	-2
27	5	-2
28	5	-2
29	5	-2
30	5	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	63	63
2	63	63
3	63	63
4	63	63
5	64	64
6	64	64
7	65	64
8	65	65
9	66	65
10	66	66
11	67	66
12	67	67
13	68	67
14	69	68
15	69	69
16	70	70
17	71	71
18	72	71
19	73	72
20	73	73
21	74	74
22	74	74
23	74	74
24	74	74
25	74	74
26	74	73
27	73	72
28	73	71
29	72	70
30	71	69

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-3
2	4	-3
3	4	-3
4	4	-3
5	4	-3
6	4	-3
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-2
10	4	-2
11	4	-2
12	4	-2
13	4	-2
14	4	-2
15	4	-2
16	4	-2
17	4	-2
18	4	-2
19	4	-2
20	4	-2
21	4	-2
22	4	-2
23	4	-2
24	4	-2
25	4	-2
26	4	-2
27	5	-2
28	5	-2
29	5	-2
30	5	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	63	63
2	63	63
3	63	63
4	63	63
5	64	64
6	64	64
7	65	64
8	65	65
9	66	65
10	66	66
11	67	66
12	67	67
13	68	67
14	69	68
15	69	69
16	70	70
17	71	71
18	72	71
19	73	72
20	73	73
21	74	74
22	74	74
23	74	74
24	74	74
25	74	74
26	74	73
27	73	72
28	73	71
29	72	70
30	71	69

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-3
2	4	-3
3	4	-3
4	4	-3
5	4	-3
6	4	-3
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-2
10	4	-2
11	4	-2
12	4	-2
13	4	-2
14	4	-2
15	4	-2
16	4	-2
17	4	-2
18	4	-2
19	4	-2
20	4	-2
21	4	-2
22	4	-2
23	4	-2
24	4	-2
25	4	-2
26	4	-2
27	5	-2
28	5	-2
29	5	-2
30	5	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	22	78
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	63	63
2	63	63
3	63	63
4	63	63
5	64	64
6	64	64
7	65	64
8	65	65
9	66	65
10	66	66
11	67	66
12	67	67
13	68	67
14	69	68
15	69	69
16	70	70
17	71	71
18	72	71
19	73	72
20	73	73
21	74	74
22	74	74
23	74	74
24	74	74
25	74	74
26	74	73
27	73	72
28	73	71
29	72	70
30	71	69

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100