Climate averages 1991–2020
Curicó weather
in January.
A hot, 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.
January is a hot month in Curicó: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talca (62 km away). In January its highs average 29.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Curicó, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Curicó ranks 10th of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 18th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Curicó is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.2 mm to 6.5 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Talca in JanuaryChile · 62 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Rancagua in JanuaryChile · 101 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Paine in JanuaryChile · 138 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Peñaflor in JanuaryChile · 157 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- San Antonio, Chile in JanuaryChile · 158 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- San Bernardo in JanuaryChile · 162 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Puente Alto in JanuaryChile · 164 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Maipú in JanuaryChile · 169 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 2.7 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.