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Puerto Natales in August

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Puerto Natales is chilly: highs near 42°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Puerto Natales is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
42°F6°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 58% of days
Daylight
9h 51mon average

Is August a good time to visit Puerto Natales?

A good month, just outside Puerto Natales's mildest months, which run from December to March.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 42°F in August, against 39°F to 60°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in August, against 4°C to 16°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

58% of days in August, against 57% to 75% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in August, against 66% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

9h 51m in August, against 7h 52m to 16h 36m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the mildest months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July39°4°low 28°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August42°6°low 30°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September46°8°low 33°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Puerto Natales sits, in August

America/Punta Arenas
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
9:04 AMsets 6:45 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
51.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Torres del Paine91 km north

The land around Puerto Natales, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Chile in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Puerto Natales

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Puerto Natales. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (130 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (130 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.