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Puerto Natales in October

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Puerto Natales is cool: highs near 51°F, lows near 36°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 23 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Puerto Natales is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
51°F11°Caverage
Low
36°F2°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
13h 54mon average

Is October 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 51°F in October, against 39°F to 60°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in October, against 4°C to 16°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in October, against 57% to 75% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in October, against 66% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

13h 54m in October, against 7h 52m to 16h 36m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September46°8°low 33°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. October51°11°low 36°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November54°12°low 39°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Puerto Natales sits, in October

America/Punta Arenas
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:48 AMsets 8:23 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.