Punta Arenas weather in April

In April, Punta Arenas sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 84 mm of precipitation across 15.4 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 7°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of April to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Punta Arenas's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Punta Arenas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 84 mm; 15.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 8:34 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 8th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 1.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.3; out of 10

Punta Arenas is Chilean city beside the Strait of Magellan.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 4.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,121/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1848

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 7°C by the end.

A typical April day in Punta Arenas reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 3°C warmer than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How April really feels in Punta Arenas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 21 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 April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Punta Arenas weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 6°	89	20	0	16.1	2.3
Feb	12° / 6°	67	15.3	0	14.5	2.5
Mar	11° / 6°	83	17.4	0.3	12.5	2.0
Apr	8° / 4°	84	15.4	1.3	10.4	1.3
May	6° / 2°	60	13.2	2.9	8.4	0.4
Jun	4° / -0°	56	12.4	5.8	7.4	0.0
Jul	3° / -1°	56	12.9	6.6	7.8	0.0
Aug	4° / 0°	62	13.4	6.7	9.5	0.0
Sep	6° / 1°	54	12.2	3.6	11.6	0.5
Oct	8° / 3°	69	15.5	2.3	13.7	1.2
Nov	10° / 4°	78	18.3	0.3	15.6	1.6
Dec	11° / 6°	88	20.7	0.2	16.6	1.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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
Clearer (%)	22	23	23	23	24	24	23	24	24	24	23	23	24	23	22	23	23	23	22	22	24	24	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	28
Cloudier (%)	78	77	77	77	76	76	77	76	76	76	77	77	76	77	78	77	77	77	78	78	76	76	75	75	75	74	73	73	73	72

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Punta Arenas gets around 84 mm of rain and snow over 15.4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 51% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease 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
Rain chance (%)	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	48	47	47	46	46	46	46
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	53	2
2	53	2
3	53	2
4	52	2
5	52	2
6	52	3
7	52	3
8	53	3
9	53	3
10	53	3
11	53	4
12	53	4
13	52	4
14	52	4
15	52	4
16	51	4
17	51	4
18	51	4
19	50	5
20	50	5
21	50	5
22	49	5
23	49	6
24	48	6
25	47	6
26	47	6
27	46	7
28	46	7
29	46	7
30	46	8

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April 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
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

	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

Wind in April

Winds average 20 km/h in April.

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of April to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 8:07 AM to 9:00 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 6:22 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
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.4	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:07	8:09	8:11	8:13	8:14	8:16	8:18	8:20	8:22	8:24	8:25	8:27	8:29	8:31	8:33	8:34	8:36	8:38	8:40	8:42	8:44	8:45	8:47	8:49	8:51	8:53	8:54	8:56	8:58	9:00
Sunset (PM)	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:22	7:20	7:17	7:15	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:05	7:03	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	8:07	7:29
2	11.3	8:09	7:27
3	11.2	8:11	7:25
4	11.2	8:13	7:22
5	11.1	8:14	7:20
6	11.0	8:16	7:17
7	10.9	8:18	7:15
8	10.9	8:20	7:12
9	10.8	8:22	7:10
10	10.7	8:24	7:08
11	10.7	8:25	7:05
12	10.6	8:27	7:03
13	10.5	8:29	7:00
14	10.5	8:31	6:58
15	10.4	8:33	6:56
16	10.3	8:34	6:53
17	10.2	8:36	6:51
18	10.2	8:38	6:49
19	10.1	8:40	6:46
20	10.0	8:42	6:44
21	10.0	8:44	6:42
22	9.9	8:45	6:39
23	9.8	8:47	6:37
24	9.8	8:49	6:35
25	9.7	8:51	6:33
26	9.6	8:53	6:31
27	9.6	8:54	6:28
28	9.5	8:56	6:26
29	9.4	8:58	6:24
30	9.4	9:00	6:22

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 1.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 1.7 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.0	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.6	Dim
19	1.6	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.5	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.5	Dim
24	1.4	Dim
25	1.4	Dim
26	1.4	Dim
27	1.4	Dim
28	1.3	Dim
29	1.3	Dim
30	1.3	Dim

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Punta Arenas?

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

1.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Punta Arenas.

What to pack for Punta Arenas in April

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

In April, Punta Arenas sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Punta Arenas in April

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 9°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)	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

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

UV index in Punta Arenas in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Punta Arenas peaks around January 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 0 (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	7	4	2	1	0	1	1	2	4	6	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	2	Low
May	1	Low
Jun	0	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	1	Low
Sep	2	Moderate
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	6	High
Dec	8	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Punta Arenas?

Punta Arenas sits at 53.2°S, 70.9°W, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Puerto Natales, 193 km away.

Topography around Punta Arenas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Punta Arenas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,226 m.

The land around Punta Arenas is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and water (40%) within 3 km, water (48%), grassland (28%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

620 m

water 48%

80 km

1,226 m

grassland 40%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← March Punta Arenas year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Puerto Natales 193 km · Río Gallegos 205 km · Río Grande 223 km · Ushuaia 250 km · El Calafate 328 km · El Chalten 448 km · Puerto Deseado 698 km · Pico Truncado 738 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 Punta Arenas (-53.1628°, -70.9092°), 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	10	5
2	10	5
3	9	5
4	9	5
5	9	5
6	9	4
7	9	4
8	9	4
9	9	4
10	9	4
11	9	4
12	9	4
13	9	4
14	8	4
15	8	4
16	8	4
17	8	4
18	8	4
19	8	4
20	8	4
21	8	3
22	8	3
23	8	3
24	8	3
25	8	3
26	8	3
27	7	3
28	7	3
29	7	3
30	7	3

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	53	2
2	53	2
3	53	2
4	52	2
5	52	2
6	52	3
7	52	3
8	53	3
9	53	3
10	53	3
11	53	4
12	53	4
13	52	4
14	52	4
15	52	4
16	51	4
17	51	4
18	51	4
19	50	5
20	50	5
21	50	5
22	49	5
23	49	6
24	48	6
25	47	6
26	47	6
27	46	7
28	46	7
29	46	7
30	46	8

	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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	53	2
2	53	2
3	53	2
4	52	2
5	52	2
6	52	3
7	52	3
8	53	3
9	53	3
10	53	3
11	53	4
12	53	4
13	52	4
14	52	4
15	52	4
16	51	4
17	51	4
18	51	4
19	50	5
20	50	5
21	50	5
22	49	5
23	49	6
24	48	6
25	47	6
26	47	6
27	46	7
28	46	7
29	46	7
30	46	8

	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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	53	2
2	53	2
3	53	2
4	52	2
5	52	2
6	52	3
7	52	3
8	53	3
9	53	3
10	53	3
11	53	4
12	53	4
13	52	4
14	52	4
15	52	4
16	51	4
17	51	4
18	51	4
19	50	5
20	50	5
21	50	5
22	49	5
23	49	6
24	48	6
25	47	6
26	47	6
27	46	7
28	46	7
29	46	7
30	46	8

	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