Chonchi climate by month
What the weather is like
Chonchi has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 19° and nights 11°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 10° and lows of 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,365 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (186 mm, 20 wet days) and January the driest (68 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in February to 52% in June.
The sea reaches about 14° in January. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Santiago, the capital, Chonchi is 9.5° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 19° · February
- Coldest nights
- 4° · July
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- February · 33% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 14° · January
- Longest day
- 15 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 04 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 19° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 17° |
| Average low | 11° | 11° | 10° | 8° | 7° | 5° | 4° | 5° | 5° | 7° | 8° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 68 mm | 60 mm | 87 mm | 117 mm | 166 mm | 186 mm | 155 mm | 153 mm | 117 mm | 104 mm | 79 mm | 73 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.2 | 5.8 | 9.7 | 13.3 | 16 | 19.5 | 17.3 | 15 | 15.3 | 9 | 10 | 7.2 |
| Cloud cover | 37% | 33% | 39% | 43% | 50% | 52% | 50% | 49% | 47% | 44% | 43% | 41% |
| Sea temperature | 14° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 13° |
| Daylight | 14h 57 | 13h 45 | 12h 25 | 10h 56 | 9h 43 | 9h 04 | 9h 20 | 10h 23 | 11h 47 | 13h 13 | 14h 33 | 15h 17 |
| Month score | 85 | 85 | 69 | 44 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 51 | 57 | 75 |