Climate averages 1991–2020
Talca weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Talca: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Curicó (62 km away). In May its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Talca, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Talca ranks 24th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 30th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 17.5°C; Talca is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Curicó in MayChile · 62 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Chillán in MayChile · 138 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Rancagua in MayChile · 162 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Talcahuano in MayChile · 196 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Paine in MayChile · 198 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Concepción in MayChile · 200 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 135 mm rain
- San Antonio, Chile in MayChile · 203 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 61 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in MayChile · 204 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 135 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.