Climate guideThirty-year normals for Vilcún
Vilcún climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,172 mm91 wet days a year
38.67° S, 72.23° WElevation 295 mUTC−3 · Chile Summer Time
When to goVilcún · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low15° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Vilcún has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 23° and nights 11°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,172 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (379 mm, 16 wet days) and February the driest (58 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in February to 53% in June.
Compared with Santiago, the capital, Vilcún is 6° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · February
- Coldest nights
- 3° · July
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 51 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 28 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 22° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 13° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 20° |
| Average low | 10° | 11° | 10° | 7° | 6° | 5° | 3° | 4° | 4° | 6° | 7° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 73 mm | 58 mm | 97 mm | 166 mm | 338 mm | 379 mm | 299 mm | 250 mm | 169 mm | 150 mm | 111 mm | 82 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.2 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 16.3 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 11 | 5.8 | 5 | 2 |
| Cloud cover | 20% | 18% | 26% | 36% | 47% | 53% | 49% | 47% | 42% | 40% | 36% | 27% |
| Daylight | 14h 34 | 13h 32 | 12h 22 | 11h 05 | 10h 02 | 9h 28 | 9h 43 | 10h 37 | 11h 49 | 13h 04 | 14h 14 | 14h 51 |
| Month score | 92 | 96 | 89 | 67 | 45 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 46 | 69 | 83 | 95 |
ivMonth by month
Vilcún in every month
January92
22° / 10°
73 mm · 3.2 wet days
February96
23° / 11°
58 mm · 1.7 wet days
March89
20° / 10°
97 mm · 4.7 wet days
April67
16° / 7°
166 mm · 9.3 wet days
May45
13° / 6°
338 mm · 9.7 wet days
June20
11° / 5°
379 mm · 16.3 wet days
July24
11° / 3°
299 mm · 12.2 wet days
August35
12° / 4°
250 mm · 10.5 wet days
September46
14° / 4°
169 mm · 11 wet days
October69
15° / 6°
150 mm · 5.8 wet days
November83
17° / 7°
111 mm · 5 wet days
December95
20° / 9°
82 mm · 2 wet days