Climate averages 1991–2020
La Serena weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in La Serena: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical February (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coquimbo (10 km away). In February its highs average 24.3°C, 1.5°C cooler than La Serena, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, La Serena ranks 20th of 40 for the warmest February highs and joint 2nd of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; La Serena is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.5 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
La Serena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| February, selected | 25.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 4.5 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 20 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 2.3 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| August | 19.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 5.4 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 4.7 | 0.6 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| December | 24.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.014 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
February in nearby cities
- Coquimbo in FebruaryChile · 10 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Ovalle in FebruaryChile · 77 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Copiapó in FebruaryChile · 296 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in FebruaryArgentina · 317 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Rawson in FebruaryArgentina · 319 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Viña del Mar in FebruaryChile · 348 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Quilpué in FebruaryChile · 350 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Valparaíso in FebruaryChile · 350 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 1.2 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 La Serena) is explained once on the La Serena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Coquimbo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.