Climate averages 1991–2020
Ovalle weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Ovalle: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coquimbo (73 km away). In July its highs average 17.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Ovalle, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Ovalle ranks 4th of 40 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 14.5°C; Ovalle is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Coquimbo in JulyChile · 73 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 15 mm rain
- La Serena in JulyChile · 77 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Viña del Mar in JulyChile · 272 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Quilpué in JulyChile · 273 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Valparaíso in JulyChile · 274 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 67 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in JulyArgentina · 275 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Rawson in JulyArgentina · 275 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Colina in JulyChile · 294 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 96 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.