Climate and average weather in Esquel
In Esquel, the summers are mild, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Esquel typically varies from -4°C to 20°C, and is rarely below -10°C or above 28°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Esquel for warm-weather activities is from early December to mid March.
- Hottest
- Feb
- 20°
- Coldest
- Jul
- -4°
- Wettest
- Jun
- 129 mm
- Driest
- Feb
- 34 mm
- Rain / yr
- 855 mm
- 120 wet days
- Daylight
- 8.8–15.2 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 577 m
- 42.9°S
- Clearest
- Feb
- 46% cloud
Esquel is city in Argentina.
- Founded
- 1906
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Esquel weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early December to mid March.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Esquel, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from December 1 to March 20, with daily high temperatures above 16°C. The hottest month of the year in Esquel is February, with an average high of 20°C and low of 7°C.
The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from May 21 to August 29, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Esquel is July, with an average low of -4°C and high of 4°C.
Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 20 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 |
| Avg low (°C) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | -2 | -4 | -3 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | 7 |
| Feb | 20 | 7 |
| Mar | 17 | 5 |
| Apr | 12 | 2 |
| May | 8 | 0 |
| Jun | 4 | -2 |
| Jul | 4 | -4 |
| Aug | 6 | -3 |
| Sep | 9 | -1 |
| Oct | 12 | 1 |
| Nov | 15 | 3 |
| Dec | 17 | 5 |
How hot and cold Esquel really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -6°C (around July 13), with roughly 201 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 20 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 |
| Air high (°C) | 20 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | -2 | -5 | -6 | -5 | -3 | -1 | 1 | 3 |
| Air low (°C) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | -2 | -4 | -3 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | 20 | 5 | 7 |
| Feb | 20 | 20 | 5 | 7 |
| Mar | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 |
| Apr | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| May | 8 | 8 | -2 | 0 |
| Jun | 4 | 4 | -5 | -2 |
| Jul | 4 | 4 | -6 | -4 |
| Aug | 6 | 6 | -5 | -3 |
| Sep | 9 | 9 | -3 | -1 |
| Oct | 12 | 12 | -1 | 1 |
| Nov | 15 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| Dec | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 |
Average hourly temperature in Esquel
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 20°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near -4°C.
Esquel weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20° / 7° | 36 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 14.8 | 7.1 |
| Feb | 20° / 7° | 34 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 13.8 | 7.1 |
| Mar | 17° / 5° | 44 | 7 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 5.8 |
| Apr | 12° / 2° | 73 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 10.9 | 3.2 |
| May | 8° / 0° | 97 | 12.8 | 4.6 | 9.6 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 4° / -3° | 129 | 15 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 4° / -4° | 107 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 6° / -3° | 108 | 14.3 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 9° / -1° | 57 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 11.7 | 1.7 |
| Oct | 12° / 1° | 67 | 11 | 3.8 | 13.2 | 3.1 |
| Nov | 15° / 3° | 56 | 9 | 1.4 | 14.5 | 4.6 |
| Dec | 17° / 5° | 49 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 6.0 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Esquel gets about 855 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 6.3 months, from around Apr 23 to Oct 31, peaking in June at about 51% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 17.
June is the wettest month by volume, with 129 mm over about 15 wet days; February is the driest, with 34 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 18 | 19 | 23 | 31 | 41 | 49 | 43 | 45 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 24 |
| Rain days | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | 5 |
| Feb | 19 | 5 |
| Mar | 23 | 7 |
| Apr | 31 | 9 |
| May | 41 | 13 |
| Jun | 49 | 15 |
| Jul | 43 | 13 |
| Aug | 45 | 14 |
| Sep | 35 | 10 |
| Oct | 35 | 11 |
| Nov | 30 | 9 |
| Dec | 24 | 8 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Esquel collects about 855 mm of rain across 120 wet days — roughly 71 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 129 mm, while February is the driest at just 34 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 36 | 34 | 44 | 73 | 97 | 129 | 107 | 108 | 57 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Rain days | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 5 | 0 |
| Feb | 34 | 5 | 0 |
| Mar | 44 | 7 | 0 |
| Apr | 73 | 9 | 2 |
| May | 97 | 13 | 5 |
| Jun | 129 | 15 | 10 |
| Jul | 107 | 13 | 11 |
| Aug | 108 | 14 | 10 |
| Sep | 57 | 10 | 5 |
| Oct | 67 | 11 | 4 |
| Nov | 56 | 9 | 1 |
| Dec | 49 | 8 | 1 |
Snow in Esquel
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Esquel averages about 49 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Mar 27 to Dec 29 — about 9.1 months.
August is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 60 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 295 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 3 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 1 |
| Feb | 0 | 1 |
| Mar | 0 | 1 |
| Apr | 2 | 13 |
| May | 5 | 32 |
| Jun | 10 | 65 |
| Jul | 11 | 65 |
| Aug | 10 | 60 |
| Sep | 5 | 29 |
| Oct | 4 | 20 |
| Nov | 1 | 5 |
| Dec | 1 | 3 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Esquel, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around October 18 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around April 8. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 62% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around April 9 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around October 17. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 76% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 61 | 62 | 52 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 34 | 38 | 41 | 46 | 52 |
| Cloudier (%) | 39 | 38 | 48 | 60 | 73 | 76 | 69 | 66 | 62 | 59 | 54 | 48 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61 | 39 |
| Feb | 62 | 38 |
| Mar | 52 | 48 |
| Apr | 40 | 60 |
| May | 27 | 73 |
| Jun | 24 | 76 |
| Jul | 31 | 69 |
| Aug | 34 | 66 |
| Sep | 38 | 62 |
| Oct | 41 | 59 |
| Nov | 46 | 54 |
| Dec | 52 | 48 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 17, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around June 17, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 15.1 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:30 | 7:07 | 7:44 | 8:21 | 8:55 | 9:20 | 9:17 | 8:42 | 7:48 | 6:55 | 6:16 | 6:07 |
| Sunset (PM) | 9:20 | 8:52 | 8:06 | 7:10 | 6:28 | 6:11 | 6:25 | 6:56 | 7:31 | 8:06 | 8:46 | 9:16 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.8 | 6:30 | 9:20 |
| Feb | 13.8 | 7:07 | 8:52 |
| Mar | 12.4 | 7:44 | 8:06 |
| Apr | 10.9 | 8:21 | 7:10 |
| May | 9.6 | 8:55 | 6:28 |
| Jun | 8.9 | 9:20 | 6:11 |
| Jul | 9.2 | 9:17 | 6:25 |
| Aug | 10.2 | 8:42 | 6:56 |
| Sep | 11.7 | 7:48 | 7:31 |
| Oct | 13.2 | 6:55 | 8:06 |
| Nov | 14.5 | 6:16 | 8:46 |
| Dec | 15.1 | 6:07 | 9:16 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Esquel averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 13 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.1 months, from around Nov 7 to Apr 10. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is June, down near 4 sunny days — about 70% fewer than the January peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | Mixed |
| Feb | 12 | Mixed |
| Mar | 10 | Mixed |
| Apr | 7 | Gloomy |
| May | 4 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 4 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 5 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 5 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 5 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 6 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 8 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 10 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Esquel, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in February, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Dry (%) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 100 |
| Feb | 100 |
| Mar | 100 |
| Apr | 100 |
| May | 100 |
| Jun | 100 |
| Jul | 100 |
| Aug | 100 |
| Sep | 100 |
| Oct | 100 |
| Nov | 100 |
| Dec | 100 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Esquel is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around Oct 6 to Mar 13. The windiest month is December, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 14 to Oct 5, with May the calmest month at about 6 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | calm |
| Feb | 9 | calm |
| Mar | 8 | calm |
| Apr | 7 | calm |
| May | 6 | calm |
| Jun | 6 | calm |
| Jul | 6 | calm |
| Aug | 7 | calm |
| Sep | 7 | calm |
| Oct | 8 | calm |
| Nov | 9 | calm |
| Dec | 10 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Esquel
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Esquel's rainy season runs April–August, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Esquel
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Esquel throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early March, Esquel is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Esquel for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to mid March, with a peak score in the third week of January.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 7.0 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 6.0 |
| Rating | good | good | good | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 | good |
| Feb | 7.1 | good |
| Mar | 5.8 | good |
| Apr | 3.3 | poor |
| May | 1.2 | poor |
| Jun | 0.0 | poor |
| Jul | 0.0 | poor |
| Aug | 0.4 | poor |
| Sep | 1.7 | poor |
| Oct | 3.1 | poor |
| Nov | 4.6 | fair |
| Dec | 6.0 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Esquel for hot-weather activities is from mid January to late February, with a peak score in the last week of January.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Esquel, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around February (highs near 20°C), the essentials are a warm layer and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 4°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.
In February, Esquel sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Esquel by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Esquel 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 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | High | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Very high | Very high | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | Extreme |
| Feb | 11 | Extreme |
| Mar | 7 | High |
| Apr | 4 | Moderate |
| May | 3 | Moderate |
| Jun | 1 | Low |
| Jul | 2 | Low |
| Aug | 2 | Moderate |
| Sep | 4 | Moderate |
| Oct | 7 | Very high |
| Nov | 9 | Very high |
| Dec | 12 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Esquel
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in December the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 9.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 7 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 5 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.5 | 7 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 6.5 | 3 |
| Apr | 4 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 4.5 | 0 |
| Oct | 7 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 5 |
| Dec | 9.5 | 7 |
Growing season
The growing season in Esquel typically lasts about 235 days, from around September 26 to May 18 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from November 20 to March 28.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 99 | 98 | 95 | 76 | 52 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 39 | 69 | 88 | 96 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 99 | 0 |
| Feb | 98 | 0 |
| Mar | 95 | 3 |
| Apr | 76 | 30 |
| May | 52 | 31 |
| Jun | 25 | 30 |
| Jul | 19 | 31 |
| Aug | 22 | 31 |
| Sep | 39 | 30 |
| Oct | 69 | 31 |
| Nov | 88 | 20 |
| Dec | 96 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Esquel banks about 266 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 99 | 91 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 99 |
| Feb | 91 |
| Mar | 33 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 0 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 0 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 42 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Esquel receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.4 and 7.8 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Sep 25 to Mar 20. The brightest month is December, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 1.4 kWh/m² — roughly 82% less than the December peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 7.6 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Dim | Dim | Dim | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.4 | Intense |
| Mar | 4.7 | Bright |
| Apr | 2.9 | Moderate |
| May | 1.7 | Dim |
| Jun | 1.4 | Dim |
| Jul | 1.7 | Dim |
| Aug | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Sep | 4.0 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.6 | Bright |
| Nov | 7.0 | Intense |
| Dec | 7.7 | Intense |
Where is Esquel?
Esquel sits at 42.9°S, 71.3°W, 577 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is El Bolsón, 107 km away.
Topography around Esquel
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Esquel.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Esquel has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m around an average of 695 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,733 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,335 m.
The land around Esquel is covered by grassland (56%), trees (21%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (72%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and trees (29%) within 80 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 Esquel (-42.9115°, -71.3195°, elevation 577 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).