Weather in Ushuaia in February

A hard month. February is a hard month in Ushuaia, and worth planning around. You should expect rain on 18 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

February is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is March, and the month at the other end of the year is July. That is not a contradiction: February is among the best months Ushuaia has, and it is still hard going. This is a city with no easy season rather than a city you have caught at a bad time.

This is persistent light rain rather than storms: 18 wet days but only 1 heavy ones. It rarely cancels anything outright, and it rarely fully clears either. A jacket beats an umbrella. Layers, and a genuinely waterproof outer — at 12.3 °C the difference between a good day and a miserable one is entirely down to what you are wearing.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 24.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 76 mm — roughly 109% of the month's rain in one day.

February is moderately variable: 27 mm in the driest year against 211 mm in the wettest, around an average of 70 mm. Roughly two Februarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind sits around 17.8 km/h — a steady breeze rather than a nuisance, and welcome on the warmer days, and humidity runs at 81%, which at 12.3 °C means damp rather than muggy — the kind of cold that gets into a coat and stays there.

How February sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 12.2 °C in January, 12.3 here, 10.9 in March. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 5 days fewer than January had.

Daylight in February

14.7 hours of daylight, losing 2.2 hours across the month. That is between Ushuaia's extremes of 17.3 and 7.2 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 13.2 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead. If the dates are flexible, November is the trade worth considering — 8 points weaker on weather, and materially quieter.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

February in Ushuaia versus nearby

If Ushuaia is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Puerto Montt is a better bet in February — 8.2 °C warmer, 10 days less rain. Mar del Plata is a better bet in February — 11.7 °C warmer, 6 days less rain.

So: February is the answer for Ushuaia. If it is booked out or priced out, March is the next best thing at 4 points behind, and July is the month to keep off the shortlist.

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