Pico Truncado weather in October

In October, Pico Truncado sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 15 mm of precipitation across 3.6 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of October to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Pico Truncado's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pico Truncado's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 15 mm; 3.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 6:36 AM – 7:58 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 10th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Pico Truncado is city of the Province of Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina.

Density: 2,290/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1921

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical October day in Pico Truncado reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°C warmer than September and about 3°C cooler than November.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	20	8

How October really feels in Pico Truncado

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Pico Truncado weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	10	2.7	0	15.2	8.2
Feb	24° / 12°	17	2.9	0	14	8.3
Mar	21° / 10°	16	3.3	0.1	12.4	7.7
Apr	17° / 7°	14	3.3	0	10.7	6.3
May	12° / 4°	20	4.3	0.5	9.2	3.6
Jun	8° / 1°	22	4.6	1.5	8.4	1.6
Jul	8° / 1°	15	3.8	1.3	8.7	1.5
Aug	11° / 2°	18	4.7	1.1	10	2.9
Sep	14° / 4°	17	4.2	0.7	11.6	4.7
Oct	18° / 7°	15	3.6	0.2	13.4	6.7
Nov	21° / 9°	16	3.4	0	14.8	7.5
Dec	23° / 11°	15	3.5	0	15.6	8.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	52	52	51	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	56	57	57	57	58	59	59	59	60	59	59	59	60
Cloudier (%)	48	48	49	49	48	48	47	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	44	43	43	43	42	41	41	41	40	41	41	41	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Pico Truncado gets around 15 mm of rain and snow over 3.6 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 12% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	15
6	15
7	14
8	14
9	13
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	10
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	10
31	10

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October 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	31
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	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
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 22 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	22	breezy
9	22	breezy
10	22	breezy
11	22	breezy
12	22	breezy
13	22	breezy
14	23	breezy
15	23	breezy
16	23	breezy
17	23	breezy
18	23	breezy
19	23	breezy
20	23	breezy
21	23	breezy
22	23	breezy
23	23	breezy
24	23	breezy
25	23	breezy
26	23	breezy
27	23	breezy
28	23	breezy
29	23	breezy
30	23	breezy
31	23	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of October to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 8:20 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	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11
Sunset (PM)	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:48	7:49	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:58	7:59	8:01	8:02	8:04	8:05	8:07	8:08	8:10	8:11	8:13	8:14	8:16	8:17	8:19	8:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	7:05	7:37
2	12.6	7:03	7:38
3	12.6	7:01	7:39
4	12.7	6:59	7:41
5	12.8	6:57	7:42
6	12.8	6:55	7:44
7	12.9	6:53	7:45
8	12.9	6:51	7:46
9	13.0	6:49	7:48
10	13.0	6:47	7:49
11	13.1	6:45	7:51
12	13.1	6:43	7:52
13	13.2	6:41	7:54
14	13.3	6:39	7:55
15	13.3	6:38	7:56
16	13.4	6:36	7:58
17	13.4	6:34	7:59
18	13.5	6:32	8:01
19	13.5	6:30	8:02
20	13.6	6:29	8:04
21	13.6	6:27	8:05
22	13.7	6:25	8:07
23	13.7	6:23	8:08
24	13.8	6:22	8:10
25	13.9	6:20	8:11
26	13.9	6:18	8:13
27	14.0	6:17	8:14
28	14.0	6:15	8:16
29	14.1	6:14	8:17
30	14.1	6:12	8:19
31	14.2	6:11	8:20

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 5.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Pico Truncado?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Pico Truncado for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pico Truncado in October

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

In October, Pico Truncado sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Pico Truncado in October

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 48 km away) is warmest in February at about 15°C and coldest in August near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	13	11	10	9	8	8	9	11	13
Comfort	Bracing	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	10	Bracing
Jul	9	Bracing
Aug	8	Bracing
Sep	8	Bracing
Oct	9	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	13	Bracing

UV index in Pico Truncado in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pico Truncado peaks around December 24 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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)	11	10	6	3	2	1	1	2	3	6	8	11
Level	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	6	High
Apr	3	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Pico Truncado?

Pico Truncado sits at 46.8°S, 68.0°W, 285 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Caleta Olivia, 51 km away.

Topography around Pico Truncado

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pico Truncado has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 283 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 852 m.

The land around Pico Truncado is covered by grassland (58%) within 3 km, grassland (86%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

grassland 58%

16 km

175 m

grassland 86%

80 km

852 m

grassland 59%

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← September Pico Truncado year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Caleta Olivia 51 km · Las Heras 80 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 110 km · Puerto Deseado 188 km · Coyhaique 344 km · Puerto Aysén 397 km · Trelew 446 km · Rawson 449 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 Pico Truncado (-46.7994°, -67.9578°, elevation 285 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	15
6	15
7	14
8	14
9	13
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	10
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	10
31	10

	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
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	15
6	15
7	14
8	14
9	13
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	10
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	10
31	10

	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
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	17	6
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	20	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	59	41
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	15
6	15
7	14
8	14
9	13
10	13
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	10
22	10
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	10
28	10
29	10
30	10
31	10

	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
31	100