Similar Climates › City Pairings › Punta Arenas ≈ Stanley
City Pairings
close match
Punta Arenas, Chile and Stanley, Falkland Islands are a close climate match — 899 km (559 mi) apart. Punta Arenas is Köppen zone Cfc; Stanley is ET.
See Punta Arenas on the interactive map →Punta Arenas is classed subpolar oceanic (Cfc) while Stanley is tundra (ET) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. They sit only about 899 km (559 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a close match: day-to-day weather in Stanley should feel familiar if you know Punta Arenas. Temperatures stay tight: January means differ by 1°C (Stanley cooler); July by 0°C (Stanley warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Stanley is 25 mm wetter in January, and 20 mm wetter in July.
Sunshine stays close: Stanley at 8.1 h/day on average versus 7.5 h/day in Punta Arenas (January 11.6 h / 10.7 h, July 4.6 h / 4.3 h). PM2.5 averages stay near each other (5 µg/m³ in Stanley, 2 in Punta Arenas). Dew points differ modestly (January 7°C vs 5°C; July 0°C vs -1°C).
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Stanley, Falkland Islands is the closest distant match for Punta Arenas, Chile — scored close, about 899 km (559 mi) away.
Punta Arenas and Stanley are separated by roughly 899 km (559 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
No — Punta Arenas is subpolar oceanic (Cfc) and Stanley is tundra (ET), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
Punta Arenas has a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc). January averages a high of 14°C and a low of 7°C with 35 mm of rain; July averages 3°C / -1°C and 30 mm.
Punta Arenas averages about 10.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 4.3 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 2.9 µg/m³ (US AQI 17); July averages 2 µg/m³ (US AQI 26).
Other close climate matches for Punta Arenas: Reykjavík (loose), Nuuk (loose), Tromsø (loose).
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