Climate averages 1991–2020
Valdivia weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Valdivia: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osorno (85 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Valdivia, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Valdivia ranks 38th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 38th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Valdivia is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Osorno in MarchChile · 85 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in MarchChile · 130 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Temuco in MarchChile · 132 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Puerto Montt in MarchChile · 186 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 132 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in MarchArgentina · 221 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in MarchChile · 272 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in MarchChile · 290 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Coronel in MarchChile · 309 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 24 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.