Climate averages 1991–2020
Valdivia weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Valdivia: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osorno (85 km away). In April its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Valdivia, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Valdivia ranks 37th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 39th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 20.5°C; Valdivia is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 257 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Valdivia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 38 | 5.0 | 14.615 h |
| February | 21.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 44 | 4.6 | 13.614 h |
| March | 19.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 71 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April, selected | 16.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 136 | 11.1 | 11.111 h |
| May | 13.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 257 | 15.6 | 10.010 h |
| June | 11.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 355 | 18.9 | 9.49 h |
| July | 10.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 312 | 18.1 | 9.610 h |
| August | 11.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 276 | 17.6 | 10.611 h |
| September | 13.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 153 | 12.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 124 | 12.3 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 86 | 9.4 | 14.314 h |
| December | 19.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 70 | 7.8 | 14.915 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
April in nearby cities
- Osorno in AprilChile · 85 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in AprilChile · 130 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Temuco in AprilChile · 132 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Puerto Montt in AprilChile · 186 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 184 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in AprilArgentina · 221 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in AprilChile · 272 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in AprilChile · 290 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Coronel in AprilChile · 309 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 68 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 Valdivia) is explained once on the Valdivia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.