Patagonia City Storm Parka. Along with Frozen Range Parka, it's one of my top 2 picks.
Before I get to list Patagonia's top 5 insulated winter jackets, I'll provide a chart first to list the lowest temperatures of almost all Patagonia insulated jackets.
It's generally regarded as informative, so I'd recommend you to check that out deeply.
But before that... Let me clarify some things.
First of all, Patagonia doesn't give their jackets temperature ratings. They're crystal clear about this.
You can read more about this here in their blog post:
https://www.patagonia.com/stories/from-the-trench-2/story-20140.html
You can go ahead and read it... But in summary, their reasoning revolves around the subjectivity of the feeling of warmth, and hence causing difficulty of assigning such temperatures.
Although I completely do agree with Patagonia, I think it still is possible to give rough ratings provided that some serious assumptions are also being made.
Here's the chart:
| °F / °C | Insulation |
| Discount Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arc'teryx LEAF Cold WX Parka SVX (Men's) | -40/-40 | Down |
| |
Arc'teryx Ceres SV (Men's) | -15/-26 | Down | ||
-10/-23 | Down | |||
Arc'teryx Dually Belay Parka (Men's) | -7/-22 | Synthetic |
| |
Arc'teryx Thorsen Parka (Men's) | -7/-22 | Down | ||
-6/-21 | Down | |||
Arc'teryx Centrale (Women's) | -5/-20 | Down | ||
-5/-20 | Down | |||
Arc'teryx Therme Parka (Men's) | -2/-19 | Down | ||
0/-18 | Down | |||
Arc'teryx Camosun Parka (Men's) | 0/-18 | Down | ||
3/-16 | Synthetic |
| ||
3/-16 | Down | |||
Arc'teryx Patera Parka (Women's) | 5/-15 | Down | ||
Arc'teryx Kappa (Men's) | 7/-14 | Synthetic |
| |
8/-13 | Synthetic |
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8/-13 | Down | |||
10/-12 | Synthetic | |||
Patagonia Vosque 3-in-1 Parka (Women's) | 10/-12 | Down | ||
12/-11 | Down | |||
14/-10 | Down | |||
Arc'teryx Magnus Coat (Men's) | 14/-10 | Down |
| |
17/-8 | Down | |||
19/-7 | Down | |||
19/-7 | Synthetic | |||
23/-5 | Synthetic | |||
24/-4 | Synthetic | |||
24/-4 | Synthetic | |||
26/-3 | Down |
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28/-2 | Synthetic | |||
32/0 | Synthetic | |||
40/5 | Down | |||
43/6 | Synthetic | |||
50/10 | Synthetic |
Read more about this chart here in my Insulated Outerwear Temperature Ratings Guide.
These are only approximate values assuming:
- you only have a shirt under and no shell over,
- during daily use (strolls, power walks etc at most - no high output activities),
- with enough wind to cause an umbrella to twist in your hand,
- and when it's dry out.
If you think you run warmer or colder than the average person, then shift temperature ranges accordingly.
Also check out my Arc'teryx Favorites and my Patagonia Favorites.
If you're interested in down jackets only, see my Best Down Jackets post.
Now let's take a deeper look at specifically Patagonia's winter jackets. Click on images to enlarge.
|  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSRP | 699 USD | 499 USD | 599 USD | 349 USD | 399 USD |
Cell | Frozen Range Parka | City Storm Parka | Tres 3-in-1 Parka | Jackson Glacier Jacket | Macro Puff Hoody |
Insulation | Down 700 FP | Down 700 FP | Down 700 FP | Down 700 FP | Synthetic PlumaFill: 135 g Body / 90 g Side Panels and Sleeves |
Cell | Frozen Range Parka | City Storm Parka | Tres 3-in-1 Parka | Jackson Glacier Jacket | Macro Puff Hoody |
Pros | Incredibly warm, smooth inner fabric, looks handsome | Warm, longer hemline offers more warmth below torso, more pockets than Frozen Range | Versatile, fairly warm | Very warm for its price, | Loses almost zero warmth under wet conditions, packable |
Cons | Can come too warm under 15-20 deg F (-7 - -10 deg C) | Can come too warm under 20 deg F (-10 deg C) | Difficult to use, very heavy, superior combo alternatives can be found when each piece bought separately | Hood and collar configuration could be more comfortable | Huge packed size, coldest pick in this review |
Cell | Frozen Range Parka | City Storm Parka | Tres 3-in-1 Parka | Jackson Glacier Jacket | Macro Puff Hoody |
Weight | 1,253 g (44.2 oz) | 1,106 g (39 oz) | 1,307 g (46.1 oz) | 879 g (31 oz) | 434 g (15.3 oz) |
Women's counterparts | Women's Frozen Range 3-in-1 Parka | Women's City Storm Parka | Women's Tres 3-in-1 Parka | Women's Jackson Glacier Jacket | Women's Macro Puff Jacket |
Yes, for women's specific counterparts, I excluded Vosque. Check out my Patagonia Tres vs Vosque post to read about it.
For ski jackets, check out my Best Patagonia Ski Jackets post.
I hope this post was helpful for you to learn more about the jacket(s) in your mind.
Feel free to ask me any questions or provide feedback and I'll be happy to respond in the comment section below.
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