Puerto Deseado weather in October

In October, Puerto Deseado sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 16 mm of rain across 4.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 Puerto Deseado's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Deseado's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 16 mm; 4.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 6:26 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 9th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; 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.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical October day in Puerto Deseado reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 3°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
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	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How October really feels in Puerto Deseado

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.

Puerto Deseado weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 6th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	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 (%)	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	59	60	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61
Cloudier (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	40	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Puerto Deseado gets around 16 mm of rain over 4.3 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 16% 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 (%)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16

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

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 21 km/h in October.

Across October, 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
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	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
14	21	breezy
15	21	breezy
16	21	breezy
17	21	breezy
18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	22	breezy
22	22	breezy
23	22	breezy
24	22	breezy
25	22	breezy
26	22	breezy
27	22	breezy
28	22	breezy
29	22	breezy
30	22	breezy
31	22	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 6:56 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 8:14 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	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00
Sunset (PM)	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:57	7:59	8:00	8:02	8:03	8:05	8:06	8:08	8:09	8:11	8:13	8:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:56	7:29
2	12.6	6:54	7:30
3	12.7	6:52	7:32
4	12.7	6:50	7:33
5	12.8	6:48	7:35
6	12.8	6:46	7:36
7	12.9	6:44	7:38
8	13.0	6:42	7:39
9	13.0	6:40	7:41
10	13.1	6:38	7:42
11	13.1	6:36	7:44
12	13.2	6:34	7:45
13	13.2	6:32	7:47
14	13.3	6:30	7:48
15	13.4	6:28	7:50
16	13.4	6:26	7:51
17	13.5	6:24	7:53
18	13.5	6:22	7:54
19	13.6	6:21	7:56
20	13.6	6:19	7:57
21	13.7	6:17	7:59
22	13.8	6:15	8:00
23	13.8	6:13	8:02
24	13.9	6:12	8:03
25	13.9	6:10	8:05
26	14.0	6:08	8:06
27	14.0	6:07	8:08
28	14.1	6:05	8:09
29	14.1	6:03	8:11
30	14.2	6:02	8:13
31	14.2	6:00	8:14

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.62 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 — October's 5.62 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)	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5
Level	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Puerto Deseado?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Puerto Deseado for sightseeing.

What to pack for Puerto Deseado in October

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

In October, Puerto Deseado sees daytime highs around 16°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 Puerto Deseado in October

The nearest coast averages about 7°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 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 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 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%

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← September Puerto Deseado year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	60	40
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	61	39

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

	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