Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Montt weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Puerto Montt: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osorno (101 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, 2.4°C warmer than Puerto Montt, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Puerto Montt ranks 39th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 40th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Puerto Montt is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 184 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Osorno in MarchChile · 101 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 65 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in MarchArgentina · 141 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Valdivia in MarchChile · 186 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in MarchChile · 303 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Temuco in MarchChile · 305 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in MarchChile · 448 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in MarchChile · 460 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Coronel in MarchChile · 493 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 24 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.