Climate averages 1991–2020
Curicó weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th 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 Curicó: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talca (62 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Curicó, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Curicó ranks 10th of 40 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 23.8°C; Curicó is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 4.2 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
Curicó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 4.2 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| February | 28.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 6.5 | 1.0 | 13.413 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 11 | 1.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 50 | 3.7 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 126 | 7.5 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 206 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 146 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| August | 15.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 121 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 68 | 7.1 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 43 | 4.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 24.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 18 | 2.7 | 13.914 h |
| December, selected | 26.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 15 | 1.6 | 14.514 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
- Talca in DecemberChile · 62 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Rancagua in DecemberChile · 101 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Paine in DecemberChile · 138 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Peñaflor in DecemberChile · 157 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- San Antonio, Chile in DecemberChile · 158 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- San Bernardo in DecemberChile · 162 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Puente Alto in DecemberChile · 164 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Maipú in DecemberChile · 169 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 6.3 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 Curicó) is explained once on the Curicó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.