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View of Puerto Natales, Chilean Patagonia

September 2, 20263 min

When to go to Patagonia, and when not to

Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0

Summer brings daylight until eleven at night, and every other tourist too. Winter brings snow, low prices and half of everything closed. What to know before you pick a month.