Best time to visit Ushuaia
Argentina · Latin America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Ushuaia
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- JanJUshuaia in January: ok, busy
- FebFUshuaia in February: ok, busy
- MarMUshuaia in March: ok
- AprAUshuaia in April: avoid
- MayMUshuaia in May: avoid
- JunJUshuaia in June: avoid
- JulJUshuaia in July: avoid
- AugAUshuaia in August: avoid
- SepSUshuaia in September: avoid
- OctOUshuaia in October: sweet spot
- NovNUshuaia in November: sweet spot, busy
- DecDUshuaia in December: ok, busy
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- Busy
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Month by month
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13° | 19d | 75% | 9.9h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 13° | 15d | 77% | 8.7h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 11° | 16d | 79% | 7.2h | ok | 11C max, 16 rainy days |
| Apr | 8° | 13d | 82% | 5.6h | avoid | 8C max, 13 rainy days |
| May | 6° | 12d | 85% | 3.7h | avoid | bitter cold: 6C daily max |
| Jun | 3° | 11d | 84% | 3.2h | avoid | bitter cold: 3C daily max |
| Jul | 3° | 11d | 82% | 3.5h | avoid | bitter cold: 3C daily max |
| Aug | 4° | 11d | 82% | 5.0h | avoid | bitter cold: 4C daily max |
| Sep | 5° | 12d | 80% | 7.0h | avoid | bitter cold: 5C daily max |
| Oct | 8° | 14d | 76% | 9.0h | sweet spot | 8C max, 14 rainy days |
| Nov | 11° | 16d | 75% | 10.2h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 12° | 17d | 74% | 10.7h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Ushuaia's July days now average 2.8°C, 2.7°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 12.7° | 12.4° | 10.5° | 6.8° | 3.1° | 0.4° | 0.1° | 1.3° | 3.6° | 6.3° | 9.8° | 11.9° |
| 2017–26 | 12.7° | 12.8° | 10.6° | 8.1° | 5.6° | 2.9° | 2.8° | 3.8° | 5.2° | 7.8° | 10.6° | 11.8° |
| Change | -0.0° | +0.4° | +0.2° | +1.3° | +2.5° | +2.5° | +2.7° | +2.5° | +1.5° | +1.6° | +0.8° | -0.0° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Ushuaia is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Buenos Aires
- from Santiago
- from Sao Paulo
- from Lima
- from Bogota
- from Cape Town
- from Johannesburg
- from Auckland
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Ushuaia, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and I plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Argentine convertible peso. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Argentina: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards, now mostly contactless, are accepted by chains and many shops. Carry some pesos for small places and for restaurant tips, which are usually left in cash.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — About 10% in restaurants, often left in cash even when paying by card; taxi drivers do not expect a tip.
Getting around Ushuaia
- Apps — Rides: Cabify, DiDi, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
There are city buses within Ushuaia, but they reach few of the tourist attractions. They are good to get to Playa Larga, for example, or from one part of the centre to another, along the east/west axis. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Ushuaia, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 911 or 101 · ambulance 107 · fire 100.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (16)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/argentina/getting-help
- uber.com/global/en/cities/buenos-aires
- web.didiglobal.com/ar
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabify
- indrive.com/es-ar/city-rides
- emova.com.ar/index.php/medios-de-pago
- argentina.gob.ar/sube
- argentina.gob.ar/transporte/ya-podes-pagar-el-colectivo-con-tarjetas-de-debito-credito-o-qr-desde-el-celular-3
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Argentina
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires
- infobip.com/blog/whatsapp-statistics
- soax.com/research/most-popular-messaging-apps
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Ushuaia in pictures
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Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Vlasta x, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Ushuaia is like
Straddling the Beagle Strait, Ushuaia is the largest city in Argentine Tierra del Fuego island, with about 75,000 residents (2019). It is 3,260 km south of Buenos Aires. It lays claim to the title "the southernmost city in the world". More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- There aren't really any architectural sights in Ushuaia. The city is modern, but the architecture is Scandinavian and positively different from other cities in southern Argentina. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- It's a city that has charm in every season, in winter the weather is very cold, but it is the best season to practice skiing and other mountain sports, such as sledging by Siberian dogs and biking snowmobiles. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- You can get there by plane in three and a half hours in a non-stop flight from Buenos Aires, or you can go by car, but it is a long trip (about four days travelling on desert roads). You can also go on a cruise ship. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Usuaia and the region in general isn't entirely free of crime, but significantly safer than most of Argentina. There aren't any slums, and businesses seldom have bars installed in the front of their windows. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying healthy
- There are two hospitals in the city: Centro Médico Ushuaia, La Estancia 1925. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Ushuaia, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Ushuaia
Also in Argentina
Nearby
- Santiago Chile · 2,389 km
- Valle Nevado Chile · 2,390 km
- Montevideo Uruguay · 2,402 km
- Sao Paulo Brazil · 3,908 km
Kind of place
Ushuaia is in Argentina, Latin America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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