Patagonian Climate
The main characteristics of the Patagonian climate are: short
fall and spring, and long winters. Great thermal amplitude between
summer and winter, as well as a substantial temperature difference
between day and night.
Please click here in order
to access a comprehensive temperature chart according to different
regions (and seasons) in Patagonia, expressed in Fahrenheit.
The average winter temperature is -2º. C and summer maximum temperatures
can reach 40º C in the Alto Valle del Río Negro area. In
Tierra del Fuego temperatures rise to 30º C.
The Andean Patagonia is
humid, rainfall exceeds 2,000 mm a year and it gets drier as
you approach the Atlantic
zone, where the average rainfall is only 200 mm. Tierra
del Fuego registers 800 mm a year.
 To
be able to travel safely and enjoy
the Patagonian landscape, the best time is (our) summer, between
the months of December and March, although this excludes the snow
lovers as well as those who do not care about cold but sunny
and pristine days.
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