Climate averages 1991–2020
Villa Mercedes, Chile weather
in December.
A warm, 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.
December is a warm month in Villa Mercedes, Chile: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Ángeles (34 km away). In December its highs average 24.2°C, 1.7°C warmer than Villa Mercedes, Chile, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Villa Mercedes, Chile ranks 27th of 40 for the warmest December highs and 34th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 23.8°C; Villa Mercedes, Chile is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 26 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
Villa Mercedes, Chile climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 26 | 3.0 | 14.414 h |
| February | 24.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 39 | 3.2 | 13.514 h |
| March | 22.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 48 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 124 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 245 | 11.6 | 10.110 h |
| June | 11.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 356 | 16.5 | 9.610 h |
| July | 11.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 285 | 14.8 | 9.810 h |
| August | 12.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 241 | 13.9 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 145 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 114 | 9.5 | 13.013 h |
| November | 19.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 63 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| December, selected | 22.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 52 | 4.7 | 14.715 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
- Los Ángeles in DecemberChile · 34 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Chillán in DecemberChile · 89 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Chiguayante in DecemberChile · 107 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Coronel in DecemberChile · 111 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Concepción in DecemberChile · 115 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in DecemberChile · 118 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Talcahuano in DecemberChile · 126 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Temuco in DecemberChile · 158 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 59 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 Villa Mercedes) is explained once on the Villa Mercedes, Chile year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.