Climate averages 1991–2020

Rancagua weather
in October.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 6.8°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 60 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a mild month in Rancagua: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Paine (40 km away). In October its highs average 21.6°C, 1.5°C warmer than Rancagua, with 38 mm of rain.

Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Rancagua ranks joint 17th of 40 for the warmest October highs and 29th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 19.1°C; Rancagua is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 26 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Rancagua, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.0°C16.8°C16.8°C6.21.414.114 h
February 27.5°C16.0°C16.0°C6.71.513.313 h
March 25.9°C13.5°C13.5°C111.812.312 h
April 21.9°C8.7°C8.7°C444.011.311 h
May 18.4°C5.4°C5.4°C997.310.410 h
June 15.0°C2.6°C2.6°C1679.49.910 h
July 14.4°C1.5°C1.5°C1248.910.110 h
August 15.9°C2.5°C2.5°C1088.610.911 h
September 17.8°C4.5°C4.5°C8110.111.912 h
October, selected 20.1°C6.8°C6.8°C608.512.913 h
November 23.4°C10.0°C10.0°C264.813.914 h
December 26.2°C13.8°C13.8°C132.014.414 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Rancagua

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 limits

How 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.