Climate averages 1991–2020
Rancagua weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Rancagua: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paine (40 km away). In February its highs average 29.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Rancagua, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Rancagua ranks joint 13th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 19th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; Rancagua is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.7 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Rancagua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 27.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 11 | 1.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.9°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 44 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 99 | 7.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 167 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| July | 14.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 124 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 15.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 108 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 17.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 81 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 60 | 8.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 26 | 4.8 | 13.914 h |
| December | 26.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 13 | 2.0 | 14.414 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
February in nearby cities
- Paine in FebruaryChile · 40 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Puente Alto in FebruaryChile · 64 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Peñaflor in FebruaryChile · 64 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 4.5 mm rain
- San Bernardo in FebruaryChile · 64 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Maipú in FebruaryChile · 73 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Santiago in FebruaryChile · 80 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Peñalolén in FebruaryChile · 80 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Quilicura in FebruaryChile · 89 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 8.9 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 Rancagua) is explained once on the Rancagua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.