Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Montt weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Puerto Montt: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osorno (101 km away). In January its highs average 21.5°C, 2.9°C warmer than Puerto Montt, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Puerto Montt ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 40th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Puerto Montt is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 100 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
Puerto Montt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 101 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| February | 18.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 100 | 9.4 | 13.714 h |
| March | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 132 | 12.2 | 12.412 h |
| April | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 184 | 15.5 | 11.011 h |
| May | 12.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 261 | 18.2 | 9.810 h |
| June | 10.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 311 | 20.8 | 9.29 h |
| July | 9.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 276 | 20.1 | 9.59 h |
| August | 10.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 277 | 20.6 | 10.510 h |
| September | 12.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 185 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 13.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 180 | 17.5 | 13.213 h |
| November | 15.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 151 | 15.4 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 137 | 13.7 | 15.115 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
- Osorno in JanuaryChile · 101 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 39 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in JanuaryArgentina · 141 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Valdivia in JanuaryChile · 186 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in JanuaryChile · 303 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Temuco in JanuaryChile · 305 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in JanuaryChile · 448 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in JanuaryChile · 460 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Coronel in JanuaryChile · 493 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.2 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 Puerto Montt) is explained once on the Puerto Montt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.