Climate averages 1991–2020
Valdivia weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 mild month in Valdivia: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osorno (85 km away). In December its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Valdivia, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Valdivia ranks 37th of 40 for the warmest December highs and 38th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 23.8°C; Valdivia is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 38 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Osorno in DecemberChile · 85 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in DecemberChile · 130 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Temuco in DecemberChile · 132 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Puerto Montt in DecemberChile · 186 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 137 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in DecemberArgentina · 221 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in DecemberChile · 272 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in DecemberChile · 290 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Coronel in DecemberChile · 309 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 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.