Climate and average weather in Puerto Natales
In Puerto Natales, the summers are cool, wet, and mostly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Puerto Natales typically varies from -2°C to 14°C, and is rarely below -8°C or above 19°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while June is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Puerto Natales for warm-weather activities is from early January to late March.
- Hottest
- Feb
- 14°
- Coldest
- Jun
- -2°
- Wettest
- Dec
- 148 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 93 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1437 mm
- 211 wet days
- Daylight
- 7.6–16.4 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 16 m
- 51.7°S
- Clearest
- Aug
- 73% cloud
Puerto Natales is city in Chilean Patagonia.
- Founded
- 1911
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Puerto Natales 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 January to late March.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Puerto Natales, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.7 months, from November 12 to April 2, with daily high temperatures above 11°C. The hottest month of the year in Puerto Natales is February, with an average high of 14°C and low of 7°C.
The cool season lasts 2.8 months, from May 26 to August 18, with daily high temperatures below 5°C. The coldest month of the year in Puerto Natales is June, with an average low of -2°C and high of 3°C.
Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Avg low (°C) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 7 |
| Feb | 14 | 7 |
| Mar | 12 | 6 |
| Apr | 10 | 4 |
| May | 6 | 1 |
| Jun | 3 | -2 |
| Jul | 3 | -2 |
| Aug | 5 | 0 |
| Sep | 7 | 1 |
| Oct | 9 | 3 |
| Nov | 11 | 5 |
| Dec | 13 | 6 |
How hot and cold Puerto Natales 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 June 20), with roughly 191 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in June.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Air high (°C) | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | -3 | -6 | -6 | -4 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 3 |
| Air low (°C) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| Feb | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| Mar | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
| Apr | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| May | 6 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| Jun | 3 | 3 | -6 | -2 |
| Jul | 3 | 3 | -6 | -2 |
| Aug | 5 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| Sep | 7 | 7 | -2 | 1 |
| Oct | 9 | 9 | -1 | 3 |
| Nov | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| Dec | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 |
Average hourly temperature in Puerto Natales
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 14°C, and coldest before dawn in June, near -2°C.
Puerto Natales 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 | 14° / 7° | 139 | 21.4 | 0 | 15.9 | 2.8 |
| Feb | 14° / 7° | 114 | 17.5 | 0 | 14.4 | 3.0 |
| Mar | 12° / 6° | 136 | 19.1 | 0.3 | 12.5 | 2.6 |
| Apr | 10° / 4° | 144 | 17.4 | 2.1 | 10.4 | 1.6 |
| May | 6° / 1° | 112 | 16.4 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 3° / -2° | 98 | 14.7 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 3° / -2° | 93 | 14.8 | 7.6 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 5° / -1° | 100 | 16 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 7° / 1° | 96 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 11.6 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 9° / 3° | 117 | 16.8 | 3.2 | 13.6 | 1.6 |
| Nov | 11° / 5° | 141 | 19.9 | 1.7 | 15.4 | 2.1 |
| Dec | 13° / 6° | 148 | 22.1 | 0.3 | 16.4 | 2.4 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Puerto Natales gets about 1437 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 5.3 months, from around Oct 24 to Apr 3, peaking in December at about 76% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 10.
December is the wettest month by volume, with 148 mm over about 22 wet days; July is the driest, with 93 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 (%) | 69 | 63 | 61 | 58 | 53 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 51 | 55 | 65 | 73 |
| Rain days | 21 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69 | 21 |
| Feb | 63 | 18 |
| Mar | 61 | 19 |
| Apr | 58 | 17 |
| May | 53 | 16 |
| Jun | 48 | 15 |
| Jul | 48 | 15 |
| Aug | 52 | 16 |
| Sep | 51 | 15 |
| Oct | 55 | 17 |
| Nov | 65 | 20 |
| Dec | 73 | 22 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Puerto Natales collects about 1437 mm of rain across 211 wet days — roughly 120 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 148 mm, while July is the driest at just 93 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% 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) | 139 | 114 | 136 | 144 | 112 | 98 | 93 | 100 | 96 | 117 | 141 | 148 |
| Rain days | 21 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 |
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 139 | 21 | 0 |
| Feb | 114 | 18 | 0 |
| Mar | 136 | 19 | 0 |
| Apr | 144 | 17 | 2 |
| May | 112 | 16 | 4 |
| Jun | 98 | 15 | 7 |
| Jul | 93 | 15 | 8 |
| Aug | 100 | 16 | 7 |
| Sep | 96 | 15 | 5 |
| Oct | 117 | 17 | 3 |
| Nov | 141 | 20 | 2 |
| Dec | 148 | 22 | 0 |
Snow in Puerto Natales
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.
Puerto Natales averages about 38 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Mar 21 to Dec 4 — about 8.5 months.
August is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 30 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 141 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 0 | 1 |
| Apr | 2 | 8 |
| May | 4 | 15 |
| Jun | 7 | 26 |
| Jul | 8 | 26 |
| Aug | 7 | 30 |
| Sep | 5 | 18 |
| Oct | 3 | 11 |
| Nov | 2 | 4 |
| Dec | 0 | 1 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Puerto Natales, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around April 30 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 21. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 26% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 22 and lasts for 3.0 months, ending around January 21. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 85% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 19 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 15 |
| Cloudier (%) | 81 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 82 | 85 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19 | 81 |
| Feb | 22 | 78 |
| Mar | 19 | 81 |
| Apr | 18 | 82 |
| May | 23 | 77 |
| Jun | 23 | 77 |
| Jul | 23 | 77 |
| Aug | 25 | 75 |
| Sep | 26 | 74 |
| Oct | 23 | 77 |
| Nov | 18 | 82 |
| Dec | 15 | 85 |
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 January 1, brings about 16 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around June 12, only 7 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 11.6 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 16.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:01 | 6:53 | 7:45 | 8:38 | 9:28 | 10:03 | 9:56 | 9:07 | 7:56 | 6:46 | 5:51 | 5:34 |
| Sunset (PM) | 9:58 | 9:17 | 8:14 | 7:02 | 6:04 | 5:38 | 5:55 | 6:41 | 7:33 | 8:24 | 9:19 | 9:59 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.9 | 6:01 | 9:58 |
| Feb | 14.4 | 6:53 | 9:17 |
| Mar | 12.5 | 7:45 | 8:14 |
| Apr | 10.4 | 8:38 | 7:02 |
| May | 8.6 | 9:28 | 6:04 |
| Jun | 7.7 | 10:03 | 5:38 |
| Jul | 8.0 | 9:56 | 5:55 |
| Aug | 9.6 | 9:07 | 6:41 |
| Sep | 11.6 | 7:56 | 7:33 |
| Oct | 13.6 | 6:46 | 8:24 |
| Nov | 15.4 | 5:51 | 9:19 |
| Dec | 16.4 | 5:34 | 9:59 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Puerto Natales averages about 2 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 4 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around Apr 25 to Oct 16. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 3 sunny days (gloomy).
The greyest month is December, down near 1 sunny days — about 85% fewer than the August peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 2 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 1 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 2 | Gloomy |
| May | 3 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 3 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 3 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 4 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 3 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 2 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 1 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 1 | Gloomy |
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 Puerto Natales, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, 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 Puerto Natales is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Oct 11 to Mar 27. The windiest month is January, averaging about 17 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 28 to Oct 10, with July the calmest month at about 10 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
| Feels | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17 | light breeze |
| Feb | 15 | light breeze |
| Mar | 14 | light breeze |
| Apr | 13 | light breeze |
| May | 11 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 10 | calm |
| Aug | 11 | calm |
| Sep | 12 | calm |
| Oct | 14 | light breeze |
| Nov | 16 | light breeze |
| Dec | 17 | light breeze |
Best time to visit Puerto Natales
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Puerto Natales throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid March, Puerto Natales 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 Puerto Natales for general outdoor tourist activities is from late December to late March, with a peak score in the last 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) | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| Rating | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 | poor |
| Feb | 3.0 | poor |
| Mar | 2.6 | poor |
| Apr | 1.6 | poor |
| May | 0.4 | poor |
| Jun | 0.0 | poor |
| Jul | 0.0 | poor |
| Aug | 0.1 | poor |
| Sep | 0.8 | poor |
| Oct | 1.6 | poor |
| Nov | 2.1 | poor |
| Dec | 2.4 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Puerto Natales rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.
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 Puerto Natales, 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 14°C), the essentials are a warm layer and rain gear. In the cold season around June (highs near 3°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.
In February, Puerto Natales sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 18 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Puerto Natales 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 Puerto Natales peaks around December 24 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 1 (low).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Level | Very high | Very high | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | Very high |
| Feb | 8 | Very high |
| Mar | 4 | Moderate |
| Apr | 2 | Moderate |
| May | 1 | Low |
| Jun | 1 | Low |
| Jul | 1 | Low |
| Aug | 1 | Low |
| Sep | 3 | Moderate |
| Oct | 5 | Moderate |
| Nov | 6 | High |
| Dec | 9 | Very high |
Average hourly UV index in Puerto Natales
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 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 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 | 8 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.5 | 9 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 6 |
| Feb | 8 | 4.5 |
| Mar | 4.5 | 0 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 5 | 0 |
| Nov | 7.5 | 2 |
| Dec | 9 | 6 |
Growing season
The growing season in Puerto Natales typically lasts about 269 days, from around August 27 to May 22 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from October 15 to April 17.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 99 | 91 | 59 | 31 | 30 | 43 | 69 | 90 | 98 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 99 | 0 |
| Apr | 91 | 12 |
| May | 59 | 31 |
| Jun | 31 | 30 |
| Jul | 30 | 31 |
| Aug | 43 | 31 |
| Sep | 69 | 30 |
| Oct | 90 | 14 |
| Nov | 98 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 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. Puerto Natales banks about 24 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) | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 11 |
| Feb | 12 |
| Mar | 1 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 0 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 0 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
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.
Puerto Natales receives about 2.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.6 and 5.2 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Sep 20 to Mar 13. The brightest month is December, averaging about 5.2 kWh/m² (bright).
The dimmest month is June, down near 0.6 kWh/m² — roughly 88% less than the December peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.9 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Dim | Dim | Dim | Dim | Dim | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 | Bright |
| Feb | 4.0 | Bright |
| Mar | 2.8 | Moderate |
| Apr | 1.6 | Dim |
| May | 0.9 | Dim |
| Jun | 0.6 | Dim |
| Jul | 0.8 | Dim |
| Aug | 1.5 | Dim |
| Sep | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Oct | 4.1 | Bright |
| Nov | 5.0 | Bright |
| Dec | 5.2 | Bright |
Where is Puerto Natales?
Puerto Natales sits at 51.7°S, 72.5°W, 16 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is El Calafate, 155 km away.
Topography around Puerto Natales
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Puerto Natales.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Natales has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 930 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,000 m.
The land around Puerto Natales is covered by water (41%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (47%), trees (30%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.
Chile travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type C / F / L
- 220 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 48% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $17,995
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.3 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 98%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 6.3
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 14.9
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- English
- Moderate
- EF EPI 517
- 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 Natales (-51.7299°, -72.506°, elevation 16 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).