Coronel climate by month
What the weather is like
Coronel has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 22° and nights 13°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,898 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (380 mm, 15 wet days) and February the driest (33 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in January to 49% 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, Coronel is 6.8° cooler on a January afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · January
- Coldest nights
- 7° · July
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 10% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 14° · January
- Longest day
- 14 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 38 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 | 22° | 22° | 21° | 18° | 15° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 21° |
| Average low | 13° | 13° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 9° | 10° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 29 mm | 33 mm | 39 mm | 112 mm | 344 mm | 380 mm | 345 mm | 250 mm | 142 mm | 114 mm | 68 mm | 42 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 7 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Cloud cover | 10% | 11% | 17% | 28% | 45% | 49% | 45% | 41% | 34% | 29% | 20% | 15% |
| Sea temperature | 14° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 14° |
| Daylight | 14h 25 | 13h 27 | 12h 21 | 11h 09 | 10h 09 | 9h 38 | 9h 51 | 10h 42 | 11h 50 | 13h 00 | 14h 06 | 14h 41 |
| Month score | 98 | 99 | 95 | 81 | 60 | 33 | 41 | 50 | 64 | 84 | 95 | 98 |