Climate averages 1991–2020
Peñaflor weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Peñaflor: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.6 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 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maipú (15 km away). In January its highs average 29.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Peñaflor, with 2.7 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Peñaflor ranks 5th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Peñaflor is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.6 mm to 4.5 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
Peñaflor climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 28.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 4.5 | 0.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 27.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 10 | 1.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 33 | 3.4 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 69 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 130 | 7.7 | 10.010 h |
| July | 15.4°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 87 | 6.2 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 71 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 41 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 25 | 3.2 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 9.3 | 1.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 4.8 | 0.6 | 14.314 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
- Maipú in JanuaryChile · 15 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 2.7 mm rain
- San Bernardo in JanuaryChile · 16 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Paine in JanuaryChile · 26 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Santiago in JanuaryChile · 27 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Puente Alto in JanuaryChile · 28 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Quilicura in JanuaryChile · 30 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Peñalolén in JanuaryChile · 35 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Lampa in JanuaryChile · 36 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 3.7 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 Peñaflor) is explained once on the Peñaflor year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.