How warm does The Falkland Islands get?

Typical daytime highs in The Falkland Islands are Mar–May 10°C (50°F), Jun–Aug 5°C (41°F), Sep–Nov 10°C (50°F), Dec–Feb 14°C (57°F).

Is The Falkland Islands expensive?

On the ground, The Falkland Islands is high-end.

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The Falkland Islands

Q: What sort of trip is The Falkland Islands good for?

The Falkland Islands is good for landscape doing the heavy lifting, the once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing, moving about and doing things.

The Falkland Islands · Falkland Islands · Mount Pleasant

Penguin colonies numbering in the hundreds of thousands and utterly unbothered by an audience, a landscape more windswept Scottish moor than tropical South America, and a remoteness that makes the whole trip feel like an expedition before it is even started.

The best time to visit The Falkland Islands is Oct–Mar, when typical daytime highs reach about 10°C (50°F). Local time there is 21:16 (UTC-3).

Best time to go

Oct–Mar

Budget on the ground

$$$ · high-end

Nearest airport

MPN · Mount Pleasant

Good for

landscape doing the heavy lifting the once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing moving about and doing things

In season

January February March October November December

The year at a glance

Light0 to 24h High0 to 20°C32 to 68°F Rain0 to 80mm0 to 3.1in

January · high 58°F · rain 2.8in · 16.2h of daylight · in the recommended window

shaded columns are the recommended window

Measured at Mount Pleasant, this page’s gateway

The Falkland Islands month by month, the same numbers the figure draws
Month	High °CHigh °F	Rain mmRain in	Light	Notes
January	14°C58°F	71mm2.8in	16.2h16.2h	in the recommended window
February	14°C57°F	51mm2.0in	14.5h14.5h	in the recommended window
March	13°C55°F	41mm1.6in	12.7h12.7h	in the recommended window
April	10°C50°F	65mm2.6in	10.6h10.6h
May	7°C45°F	57mm2.2in	8.8h8.8h
June	5°C41°F	50mm2.0in	7.8h7.8h
July	4°C40°F	44mm1.7in	8.2h8.2h
August	6°C42°F	50mm2.0in	9.8h9.8h
September	7°C45°F	36mm1.4in	11.8h11.8h
October	10°C50°F	50mm2.0in	13.8h13.8h	in the recommended window
November	13°C55°F	50mm2.0in	15.7h15.7h	in the recommended window
December	13°C56°F	67mm2.6in	16.7h16.7h	in the recommended window

Good to know

Currency: FKP · Falkland Islands pound
Language: English
Plug: G
Driving: on the left

United States: Type A, B at home, you will need an adapter. 240 V there, 120 V at home — check your charger says 100-240 V.

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