Río Grande weather in June

In June, Río Grande sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 29 mm of precipitation across 6.6 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of June to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Río Grande's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Río Grande's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
29 mm
6.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
9:55 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover
58%
2nd clearest
Wind
24 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
0.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Río Grande is city in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Density
4/km²
people per km²
Founded
1921

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month.

A typical June day in Río Grande reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 3°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, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and on par with July.

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3041

How June really feels in Río Grande

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
30
wind chill below the day's low

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

Río Grande weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 4912.3016.23.3
Feb13° / 389.1014.63.5
Mar12° / 449.6012.52.9
Apr / 399.20.110.32.0
May / 357.90.28.40.9
Jun / 296.617.30.0
Jul / 276.91.57.70.0
Aug / 266.41.19.40.1
Sep / 246.20.511.50.7
Oct / 226.30.313.81.6
Nov10° / 308.3015.72.4
Dec12° / 4210.3016.72.9

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
35050
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitationSnow

Río Grande gets around 29 mm of rain and snow over 6.6 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1241
2241
3241
4242
5242
6242
7242
8242
9242
10233
11233
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15223
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19224
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27215
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30225

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Wind in June

Winds average 24 km/h in June, the calmest month.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
224breezy
324breezy
424breezy
524breezy
624breezy
724breezy
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924breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of June to 7 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 9:41 AM to 9:58 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.69:415:16
27.59:425:15
37.59:445:14
47.59:455:13
57.49:465:12
67.49:475:11
77.49:485:11
87.49:495:10
97.39:505:09
107.39:515:09
117.39:525:08
127.39:525:08
137.29:535:08
147.29:545:07
157.29:555:07
167.29:555:07
177.29:565:07
187.29:565:07
197.29:575:07
207.29:575:07
217.29:575:07
227.29:585:07
237.29:585:07
247.29:585:08
257.29:585:08
267.29:585:08
277.29:585:09
287.29:585:09
297.29:585:10
307.29:585:10

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 0.63 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in December across the year — June's 0.63 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Río Grande?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Río Grande.

What to pack for Río Grande in June

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

In June, Río Grande sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Río Grande in June

The nearest coast averages about 6°C in June — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in February at about 11°C and coldest in August near 4°C.

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

5°10°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Apr9Bracing
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Jun6Bracing
Jul5Bracing
Aug4Bracing
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Oct5Bracing
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Dec9Bracing

UV index in Río Grande in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Río Grande peaks around January 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highModerateLowModerateHighVery highJan 13UV 8Jun 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb7Very high
Mar4Moderate
Apr2Low
May1Low
Jun0Low
Jul1Low
Aug1Low
Sep2Moderate
Oct4Moderate
Nov6High
Dec8Very high
Location & terrain

Where is Río Grande?

Río Grande sits at 53.8°S, 67.7°W, 9 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Ushuaia, 120 km away.

Punta ArenasRío GallegosPuerto NatalesEl CalafateEl ChaltenPuerto DeseadoStanley

Topography around Río Grande

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Río Grande has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 953 m.

The land around Río Grande is covered by water (37%), artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and water (48%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
953 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
June weather nearby: Ushuaia 120 km · Punta Arenas 223 km · Río Gallegos 262 km · Puerto Natales 395 km · El Calafate 494 km · El Chalten 611 km · Puerto Deseado 683 km · Stanley 702 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
Roman Catholic 63%none 19%Evangelical 15%Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1%

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 Río Grande (-53.7877°, -67.7097°, elevation 9 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).