Climate averages 1991–2020
Chiguayante weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Chiguayante: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Concepción (11 km away). In December its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Chiguayante, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Chiguayante ranks 24th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 29th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 23.8°C; Chiguayante is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 7.4 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chiguayante climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 7.4 | 1.4 | 14.414 h |
| February | 24.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 14 | 1.9 | 13.513 h |
| March | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 23 | 3.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 5.8 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 169 | 10.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 13.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 231 | 14.1 | 9.710 h |
| July | 12.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 177 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 155 | 11.8 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.6°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 84 | 7.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 59 | 7.2 | 13.013 h |
| November | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 29 | 4.0 | 14.114 h |
| December, selected | 23.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 22 | 3.0 | 14.615 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Concepción in DecemberChile · 11 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in DecemberChile · 12 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Coronel in DecemberChile · 16 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Talcahuano in DecemberChile · 24 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in DecemberChile · 85 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Chillán in DecemberChile · 90 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in DecemberChile · 107 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Temuco in DecemberChile · 205 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 59 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chiguayante) is explained once on the Chiguayante year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.