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Puerto Natales in December

Cool and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Puerto Natales is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 16 hours 36 minutes.December in Puerto Natales is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 16 hours 36 minutes.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 75% of days
Daylight
16h 36mon average

Is December a good time to visit Puerto Natales?

Yes. December is one of Puerto Natales's mildest months (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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in December, against 39°F to 60°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in December, against 4°C to 16°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

68% cover in December, against 66% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

16h 36m in December, against 7h 52m to 16h 36m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November54°12°low 39°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December58°14°low 43°low 6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January59°15°low 45°low 7°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Puerto Natales sits, in December

America/Punta Arenas
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:26 AMsets 10:04 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.