Climate averages 1991–2020

Valparaíso weather
in January.

A mild, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 16.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Valparaíso: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Viña del Mar (7 km away). In January its highs average 23.6°C, 2.5°C warmer than Valparaíso, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Valparaíso ranks 38th of 40 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Valparaíso is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs stay level at 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Valparaíso climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Valparaíso, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	21.1°C16.2°C	16.2°C	0.3	0.1	14.114 h
February	21.1°C16.2°C	16.2°C	1.2	0.2	13.313 h
March	20.4°C15.4°C	15.4°C	2.3	0.6	12.312 h
April	18.5°C13.5°C	13.5°C	16	1.9	11.311 h
May	16.7°C11.8°C	11.8°C	61	4.4	10.410 h
June	15.3°C10.4°C	10.4°C	121	6.9	10.010 h
July	14.5°C9.5°C	9.5°C	67	5.6	10.210 h
August	14.9°C9.8°C	9.8°C	57	4.7	10.911 h
September	15.6°C10.8°C	10.8°C	27	2.9	11.912 h
October	16.8°C11.9°C	11.9°C	13	1.6	12.913 h
November	18.4°C13.4°C	13.4°C	2.6	0.4	13.814 h
December	19.9°C14.9°C	14.9°C	2.8	0.3	14.314 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

Distance from Valparaíso

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Valparaíso) is explained once on the Valparaíso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.