Climate averages 1991–2020
Valdivia weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Valdivia: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osorno (85 km away). In January its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Valdivia, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Valdivia ranks joint 36th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Valdivia is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Osorno in JanuaryChile · 85 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in JanuaryChile · 130 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Temuco in JanuaryChile · 132 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Puerto Montt in JanuaryChile · 186 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 101 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in JanuaryArgentina · 221 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in JanuaryChile · 272 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in JanuaryChile · 290 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Coronel in JanuaryChile · 309 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.2 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.