Puerto Deseado weather in January

In January, Puerto Deseado sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 16 mm of rain across 3.7 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 42 min at the start of January to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Puerto Deseado's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Deseado's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 16 mm; 3.7 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 24 min; 5:51 AM – 9:15 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 7.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Puerto Deseado is human settlement.

Density: 3,563/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1884

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

← December Puerto Deseado year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Puerto Deseado reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C warmer than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

	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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12

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

How January really feels in Puerto Deseado

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

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

Puerto Deseado weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 12°	16	3.7	15.3	7.9
Feb	22° / 12°	17	4.1	14.1	7.6
Mar	20° / 11°	20	3.9	12.4	7.3
Apr	16° / 8°	13	3.5	10.6	6.0
May	12° / 5°	15	3.5	9.1	3.7
Jun	8° / 2°	21	4.7	8.3	1.8
Jul	8° / 2°	15	3.7	8.6	1.7
Aug	10° / 3°	16	4	9.9	2.9
Sep	13° / 5°	16	4.1	11.6	4.2
Oct	16° / 7°	16	4.3	13.4	6.0
Nov	19° / 9°	18	4.4	14.9	7.0
Dec	21° / 11°	22	5.3	15.7	7.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	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 (%)	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	65	65	64	64	63	62	61
Cloudier (%)	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	62	38
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Puerto Deseado gets around 16 mm of rain over 3.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 12% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14

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

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in January

Winds average 22 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
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	22	breezy
2	22	breezy
3	22	breezy
4	22	breezy
5	22	breezy
6	22	breezy
7	22	breezy
8	22	breezy
9	22	breezy
10	22	breezy
11	22	breezy
12	22	breezy
13	22	breezy
14	22	breezy
15	22	breezy
16	22	breezy
17	22	breezy
18	22	breezy
19	22	breezy
20	22	breezy
21	22	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy
31	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 42 min at the start of January to 14 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 9:19 PM to 9:01 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)	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:13
Sunset (PM)	9:19	9:19	9:19	9:19	9:19	9:18	9:18	9:18	9:18	9:17	9:17	9:17	9:16	9:16	9:15	9:15	9:14	9:13	9:13	9:12	9:11	9:10	9:09	9:09	9:08	9:07	9:06	9:05	9:04	9:02	9:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.7	5:35	9:19
2	15.7	5:36	9:19
3	15.7	5:37	9:19
4	15.7	5:37	9:19
5	15.7	5:38	9:19
6	15.6	5:39	9:18
7	15.6	5:41	9:18
8	15.6	5:42	9:18
9	15.6	5:43	9:18
10	15.6	5:44	9:17
11	15.5	5:45	9:17
12	15.5	5:46	9:17
13	15.5	5:47	9:16
14	15.5	5:49	9:16
15	15.4	5:50	9:15
16	15.4	5:51	9:15
17	15.4	5:52	9:14
18	15.3	5:54	9:13
19	15.3	5:55	9:13
20	15.3	5:57	9:12
21	15.2	5:58	9:11
22	15.2	5:59	9:10
23	15.1	6:01	9:09
24	15.1	6:02	9:09
25	15.1	6:04	9:08
26	15.0	6:05	9:07
27	15.0	6:07	9:06
28	14.9	6:08	9:05
29	14.9	6:10	9:04
30	14.9	6:11	9:02
31	14.8	6:13	9:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.47 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.8
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	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.7	Intense
5	7.7	Intense
6	7.7	Intense
7	7.7	Intense
8	7.7	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.7	Intense
11	7.6	Intense
12	7.6	Intense
13	7.6	Intense
14	7.6	Intense
15	7.5	Intense
16	7.5	Intense
17	7.5	Intense
18	7.4	Intense
19	7.4	Intense
20	7.4	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.1	Intense
26	7.1	Intense
27	7.0	Intense
28	7.0	Intense
29	7.0	Intense
30	6.9	Intense
31	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Puerto Deseado?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Puerto Deseado for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Puerto Deseado in January

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

In January, Puerto Deseado sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a windbreaker. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesa windbreaker

Sea temperature near Puerto Deseado in January

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 13°C and coldest in August near 6°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)	12	13	13	11	10	8	7	6	6	7	9	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	12	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	11	Bracing
May	10	Bracing
Jun	8	Bracing
Jul	7	Bracing
Aug	6	Bracing
Sep	6	Bracing
Oct	7	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Puerto Deseado in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puerto Deseado peaks around December 24 at about 10 (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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	9	5	3	2	1	1	2	3	6	7	10
Level	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	5	High
Apr	3	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	10	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Deseado?

Puerto Deseado sits at 47.8°S, 65.9°W, 26 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Pico Truncado, 188 km away.

Topography around Puerto Deseado

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Deseado has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m.

The land around Puerto Deseado is covered by grassland (54%) and water (30%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and water (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

grassland 54%

16 km

147 m

grassland 54%

80 km

260 m

grassland 60%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Puerto Deseado year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Pico Truncado 188 km · Caleta Olivia 190 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 243 km · Las Heras 266 km · Río Gallegos 494 km · Rawson 499 km · Trelew 503 km · Coyhaique 529 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 Puerto Deseado (-47.7513°, -65.8967°, elevation 26 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	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	23	13
21	23	13
22	23	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	12
30	23	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	62	38
31	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	62	38
31	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	62	38
31	61	39

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2