Climate averages 1991–2020
Talca weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Talca: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Curicó (62 km away). In December its highs average 26.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Talca, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Talca ranks 7th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 20th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 23.8°C; Talca is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 4.2 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Talca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 14.214 h |
| February | 28.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 7.3 | 0.9 | 13.413 h |
| March | 26.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 14 | 1.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 45 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 136 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 199 | 11.5 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 137 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| August | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 111 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 62 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 40 | 5.1 | 13.013 h |
| November | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.014 h |
| December, selected | 27.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 13 | 1.6 | 14.514 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
December in nearby cities
- Curicó in DecemberChile · 62 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Chillán in DecemberChile · 138 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Rancagua in DecemberChile · 162 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Talcahuano in DecemberChile · 196 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Paine in DecemberChile · 198 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Concepción in DecemberChile · 200 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 mm rain
- San Antonio, Chile in DecemberChile · 203 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in DecemberChile · 204 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 16 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 Talca) is explained once on the Talca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.