Punta Arenas weather in August

In August, Punta Arenas sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 13.4 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of August to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Punta Arenas's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Punta Arenas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 4°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 0°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 62 mm; 13.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 9:05 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 1st clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 1.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; 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 August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month.

A typical August day in Punta Arenas reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	0
2	4	0
3	4	0
4	4	0
5	4	0
6	4	0
7	4	0
8	4	0
9	4	0
10	4	0
11	4	0
12	4	0
13	4	0
14	4	0
15	4	0
16	4	0
17	4	0
18	4	0
19	4	0
20	4	0
21	4	0
22	4	0
23	5	0
24	5	0
25	5	0
26	5	0
27	5	0
28	5	1
29	5	1
30	5	1
31	5	1

How August really feels in Punta Arenas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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 August is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Punta Arenas weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 8th-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 August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	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 (%)	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Punta Arenas gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 13.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40
Snow chance (%)	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	23
2	44	23
3	45	24
4	45	24
5	45	24
6	45	24
7	45	24
8	45	24
9	45	25
10	45	25
11	45	25
12	44	25
13	44	24
14	44	24
15	43	24
16	43	24
17	42	23
18	42	23
19	42	22
20	42	22
21	42	21
22	42	20
23	41	20
24	41	19
25	41	18
26	41	18
27	41	18
28	41	18
29	40	17
30	40	17
31	40	17

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August 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 August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Feels	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	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 min at the start of August to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 9:34 AM to 8:30 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:57 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)	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.4	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	9:34	9:32	9:30	9:29	9:27	9:25	9:23	9:21	9:19	9:17	9:15	9:13	9:11	9:09	9:07	9:05	9:02	9:00	8:58	8:56	8:54	8:51	8:49	8:47	8:44	8:42	8:40	8:37	8:35	8:33	8:30
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:43	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.5	9:34	6:05
2	8.6	9:32	6:07
3	8.6	9:30	6:09
4	8.7	9:29	6:10
5	8.8	9:27	6:12
6	8.8	9:25	6:14
7	8.9	9:23	6:15
8	8.9	9:21	6:17
9	9.0	9:19	6:19
10	9.1	9:17	6:20
11	9.1	9:15	6:22
12	9.2	9:13	6:24
13	9.2	9:11	6:26
14	9.3	9:09	6:27
15	9.4	9:07	6:29
16	9.4	9:05	6:31
17	9.5	9:02	6:33
18	9.6	9:00	6:34
19	9.6	8:58	6:36
20	9.7	8:56	6:38
21	9.8	8:54	6:40
22	9.8	8:51	6:41
23	9.9	8:49	6:43
24	10.0	8:47	6:45
25	10.0	8:44	6:47
26	10.1	8:42	6:48
27	10.2	8:40	6:50
28	10.2	8:37	6:52
29	10.3	8:35	6:54
30	10.4	8:33	6:55
31	10.5	8:30	6:57

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 1.61 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 — August's 1.61 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)	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.1	Dim
2	1.2	Dim
3	1.2	Dim
4	1.2	Dim
5	1.3	Dim
6	1.3	Dim
7	1.3	Dim
8	1.4	Dim
9	1.4	Dim
10	1.4	Dim
11	1.4	Dim
12	1.5	Dim
13	1.5	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.8	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	2.0	Dim
28	2.0	Moderate
29	2.0	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Punta Arenas?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

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

What to pack for Punta Arenas in August

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

In August, Punta Arenas sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Punta Arenas in August

The nearest coast averages about 6°C in August — 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 August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 1. 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

← July Punta Arenas year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August 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	4	0
2	4	0
3	4	0
4	4	0
5	4	0
6	4	0
7	4	0
8	4	0
9	4	0
10	4	0
11	4	0
12	4	0
13	4	0
14	4	0
15	4	0
16	4	0
17	4	0
18	4	0
19	4	0
20	4	0
21	4	0
22	4	0
23	5	0
24	5	0
25	5	0
26	5	0
27	5	0
28	5	1
29	5	1
30	5	1
31	5	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	23
2	44	23
3	45	24
4	45	24
5	45	24
6	45	24
7	45	24
8	45	24
9	45	25
10	45	25
11	45	25
12	44	25
13	44	24
14	44	24
15	43	24
16	43	24
17	42	23
18	42	23
19	42	22
20	42	22
21	42	21
22	42	20
23	41	20
24	41	19
25	41	18
26	41	18
27	41	18
28	41	18
29	40	17
30	40	17
31	40	17

	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	4	0
2	4	0
3	4	0
4	4	0
5	4	0
6	4	0
7	4	0
8	4	0
9	4	0
10	4	0
11	4	0
12	4	0
13	4	0
14	4	0
15	4	0
16	4	0
17	4	0
18	4	0
19	4	0
20	4	0
21	4	0
22	4	0
23	5	0
24	5	0
25	5	0
26	5	0
27	5	0
28	5	1
29	5	1
30	5	1
31	5	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	23
2	44	23
3	45	24
4	45	24
5	45	24
6	45	24
7	45	24
8	45	24
9	45	25
10	45	25
11	45	25
12	44	25
13	44	24
14	44	24
15	43	24
16	43	24
17	42	23
18	42	23
19	42	22
20	42	22
21	42	21
22	42	20
23	41	20
24	41	19
25	41	18
26	41	18
27	41	18
28	41	18
29	40	17
30	40	17
31	40	17

	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	4	0
2	4	0
3	4	0
4	4	0
5	4	0
6	4	0
7	4	0
8	4	0
9	4	0
10	4	0
11	4	0
12	4	0
13	4	0
14	4	0
15	4	0
16	4	0
17	4	0
18	4	0
19	4	0
20	4	0
21	4	0
22	4	0
23	5	0
24	5	0
25	5	0
26	5	0
27	5	0
28	5	1
29	5	1
30	5	1
31	5	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	44	23
2	44	23
3	45	24
4	45	24
5	45	24
6	45	24
7	45	24
8	45	24
9	45	25
10	45	25
11	45	25
12	44	25
13	44	24
14	44	24
15	43	24
16	43	24
17	42	23
18	42	23
19	42	22
20	42	22
21	42	21
22	42	20
23	41	20
24	41	19
25	41	18
26	41	18
27	41	18
28	41	18
29	40	17
30	40	17
31	40	17

	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