Climate averages 1991–2020

Chiguayante weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.1°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 14.0°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 7.4 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chiguayante · average highYear overview

January is a warm month in Chiguayante: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Concepción (11 km away). In January its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Chiguayante, with 5.6 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Chiguayante ranks 21st of 40 for the warmest January highs and 24th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Chiguayante is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 14 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chiguayante, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 25.1°C14.0°C14.0°C7.41.414.414 h
February 24.7°C13.8°C13.8°C141.913.513 h
March 23.0°C12.5°C12.5°C233.112.312 h
April 19.0°C10.0°C10.0°C645.811.211 h
May 15.7°C8.4°C8.4°C16910.510.210 h
June 13.5°C6.8°C6.8°C23114.19.710 h
July 12.9°C5.6°C5.6°C17712.99.910 h
August 13.8°C5.9°C5.9°C15511.810.711 h
September 15.6°C6.7°C6.7°C847.811.812 h
October 17.6°C8.3°C8.3°C597.213.013 h
November 20.4°C10.3°C10.3°C294.014.114 h
December 23.0°C12.4°C12.4°C223.014.615 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Chiguayante

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 limits

How 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.