Climate averages 1991–2020
Ovalle weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ovalle: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coquimbo (73 km away). In January its highs average 24.3°C, 5.4°C cooler than Ovalle, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Ovalle ranks joint 3rd of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Ovalle is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Ovalle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| February | 29.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| March | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.1 | 0.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 47 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| July | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 23 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| August | 21.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 26 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 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
- Coquimbo in JanuaryChile · 73 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- La Serena in JanuaryChile · 77 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Viña del Mar in JanuaryChile · 272 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Quilpué in JanuaryChile · 273 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Valparaíso in JanuaryChile · 274 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in JanuaryArgentina · 275 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Rawson in JanuaryArgentina · 275 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Colina in JanuaryChile · 294 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 7.7 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 Ovalle) is explained once on the Ovalle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.