Climate averages 1991–2020
Chillán weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Chillán: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Concepción (88 km away). In March its highs average 22.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Chillán, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Chillán ranks 19th of 40 for the warmest March highs and joint 30th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Chillán is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Chillán climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 9.5 | 1.3 | 14.314 h |
| February | 27.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 24 | 1.8 | 13.513 h |
| March, selected | 24.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 23 | 2.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 75 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 193 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| June | 13.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 267 | 13.4 | 9.710 h |
| July | 12.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 203 | 11.4 | 9.910 h |
| August | 14.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 168 | 11.4 | 10.711 h |
| September | 16.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 96 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 63 | 6.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 22.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 28 | 3.3 | 14.014 h |
| December | 25.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 22 | 2.4 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Concepción in MarchChile · 88 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in MarchChile · 89 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Chiguayante in MarchChile · 90 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Talcahuano in MarchChile · 91 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 19 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in MarchChile · 93 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in MarchChile · 99 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Coronel in MarchChile · 104 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Talca in MarchChile · 138 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 14 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 Chillán) is explained once on the Chillán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.