Puerto Natales weather in October

In October, Puerto Natales sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 117 mm of precipitation across 16.8 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of October to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Puerto Natales's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Natales's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 117 mm; 16.8 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 6:46 AM – 8:24 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

Puerto Natales is city in Chilean Patagonia.

Founded: 1911

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 9°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical October day in Puerto Natales reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 2°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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How October really feels in Puerto Natales

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 27 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

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

Puerto Natales weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	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 (%)	28	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	19
Cloudier (%)	72	73	73	73	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	81	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Puerto Natales gets around 117 mm of rain and snow over 16.8 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 55% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59
Snow chance (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	10
2	48	10
3	49	10
4	49	10
5	50	10
6	50	10
7	51	10
8	52	11
9	52	11
10	53	11
11	54	11
12	55	11
13	55	11
14	56	11
15	56	11
16	57	11
17	57	11
18	57	11
19	58	10
20	58	10
21	58	10
22	58	10
23	58	10
24	58	10
25	58	10
26	58	10
27	58	10
28	58	10
29	58	10
30	58	10
31	59	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 14 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of October to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 8:51 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)	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:18	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:08	7:06	7:04	7:02	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16
Sunset (PM)	7:58	8:00	8:01	8:03	8:05	8:07	8:08	8:10	8:12	8:13	8:15	8:17	8:19	8:21	8:22	8:24	8:26	8:28	8:29	8:31	8:33	8:35	8:37	8:38	8:40	8:42	8:44	8:46	8:47	8:49	8:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	7:20	7:58
2	12.7	7:18	8:00
3	12.8	7:15	8:01
4	12.8	7:13	8:03
5	12.9	7:11	8:05
6	13.0	7:08	8:07
7	13.0	7:06	8:08
8	13.1	7:04	8:10
9	13.2	7:02	8:12
10	13.2	6:59	8:13
11	13.3	6:57	8:15
12	13.4	6:55	8:17
13	13.4	6:53	8:19
14	13.5	6:50	8:21
15	13.6	6:48	8:22
16	13.6	6:46	8:24
17	13.7	6:44	8:26
18	13.8	6:42	8:28
19	13.8	6:40	8:29
20	13.9	6:38	8:31
21	14.0	6:36	8:33
22	14.0	6:33	8:35
23	14.1	6:31	8:37
24	14.1	6:29	8:38
25	14.2	6:27	8:40
26	14.3	6:25	8:42
27	14.3	6:24	8:44
28	14.4	6:22	8:46
29	14.5	6:20	8:47
30	14.5	6:18	8:49
31	14.6	6:16	8:51

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 4.08 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)	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Puerto Natales?

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

1.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Puerto Natales.

What to pack for Puerto Natales in October

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

In October, Puerto Natales sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Puerto Natales in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — 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 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

Location & terrain

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.

3 km

75 m

water 41%

16 km

930 m

grassland 47%

80 km

2,000 m

grassland 51%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

October weather nearby: El Calafate 155 km · Punta Arenas 193 km · Río Gallegos 225 km · El Chalten 268 km · Río Grande 395 km · Ushuaia 441 km · Las Heras 633 km · Pico Truncado 640 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	10
2	48	10
3	49	10
4	49	10
5	50	10
6	50	10
7	51	10
8	52	11
9	52	11
10	53	11
11	54	11
12	55	11
13	55	11
14	56	11
15	56	11
16	57	11
17	57	11
18	57	11
19	58	10
20	58	10
21	58	10
22	58	10
23	58	10
24	58	10
25	58	10
26	58	10
27	58	10
28	58	10
29	58	10
30	58	10
31	59	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	9	2
2	9	2
3	9	2
4	9	2
5	9	2
6	9	2
7	9	2
8	9	2
9	9	3
10	9	3
11	9	3
12	9	3
13	9	3
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	9	3
17	9	3
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	10	4
26	10	4
27	10	4
28	10	4
29	10	4
30	10	4
31	11	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	10
2	48	10
3	49	10
4	49	10
5	50	10
6	50	10
7	51	10
8	52	11
9	52	11
10	53	11
11	54	11
12	55	11
13	55	11
14	56	11
15	56	11
16	57	11
17	57	11
18	57	11
19	58	10
20	58	10
21	58	10
22	58	10
23	58	10
24	58	10
25	58	10
26	58	10
27	58	10
28	58	10
29	58	10
30	58	10
31	59	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	9	2
2	9	2
3	9	2
4	9	2
5	9	2
6	9	2
7	9	2
8	9	2
9	9	3
10	9	3
11	9	3
12	9	3
13	9	3
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	9	3
17	9	3
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	10	4
26	10	4
27	10	4
28	10	4
29	10	4
30	10	4
31	11	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	10
2	48	10
3	49	10
4	49	10
5	50	10
6	50	10
7	51	10
8	52	11
9	52	11
10	53	11
11	54	11
12	55	11
13	55	11
14	56	11
15	56	11
16	57	11
17	57	11
18	57	11
19	58	10
20	58	10
21	58	10
22	58	10
23	58	10
24	58	10
25	58	10
26	58	10
27	58	10
28	58	10
29	58	10
30	58	10
31	59	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