Climate averages 1991–2020
Valdivia weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Valdivia: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osorno (85 km away). In October its highs average 14.7°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 October highs and 39th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 19.1°C; Valdivia is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Osorno in OctoberChile · 85 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in OctoberChile · 130 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Temuco in OctoberChile · 132 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Puerto Montt in OctoberChile · 186 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.0°C · 180 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in OctoberArgentina · 221 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in OctoberChile · 272 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in OctoberChile · 290 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Coronel in OctoberChile · 309 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 56 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.