Climate averages 1991–2020

Chillán weather
in May.

A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 15.8°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 6.5°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 193 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chillán · average highYear overview

May is a mild month in Chillán: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Concepción (88 km away). In May its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Chillán, with 135 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Chillán ranks 27th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 17.5°C; Chillán is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 193 mm to 267 mm.

The annual picture

May 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 3000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chillán, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.6°C13.3°C13.3°C9.51.314.314 h
February 27.1°C13.1°C13.1°C241.813.513 h
March 24.7°C11.4°C11.4°C232.412.312 h
April 19.8°C8.6°C8.6°C755.211.211 h
May, selected 15.8°C6.5°C6.5°C1939.710.210 h
June 13.1°C5.0°C5.0°C26713.49.710 h
July 12.7°C3.5°C3.5°C20311.49.910 h
August 14.0°C4.2°C4.2°C16811.410.711 h
September 16.3°C5.4°C5.4°C967.311.812 h
October 18.7°C7.1°C7.1°C636.413.013 h
November 22.2°C9.3°C9.3°C283.314.014 h
December 25.4°C11.6°C11.6°C222.414.615 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

May in nearby cities

Distance from Chillán

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 Chillán) is explained once on the Chillán year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.