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Best Time for the The Seven Lakes Road

Sweet spot: April, September, October — computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

Patagonian summer: the Seven Lakes Road is at its bluest and hiking refugios open — book Bariloche ahead.
Ski season flips the trip: Cerro Catedral runs lifts and the lake road can close briefly after storms.
MonthTempRainDaylight
January-1.6–32.5°C37 mm14.6 h
February-1.8–32.1°C29 mm13.6 h
March-3.3–31.2°C40 mm12.3 h
April-5.2–24.7°C64 mm10.9 h
May-8.4–19.0°C120 mm9.7 h
June-13.1–12.0°C152 mm9.1 h
July-18.7–12.4°C127 mm9.3 h
August-13.9–15.2°C122 mm10.4 h
September-8.4–19.7°C64 mm11.7 h
October-5.6–23.7°C59 mm13.1 h
November-5.2–25.9°C46 mm14.3 h
December-3.1–30.4°C37 mm14.9 h

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