Climate averages 1991–2020
Villa Mercedes, Chile weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 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 warm month in Villa Mercedes, Chile: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Ángeles (34 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 1.6°C warmer than Villa Mercedes, Chile, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Villa Mercedes, Chile ranks 22nd of 40 for the warmest January highs and 34th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Villa Mercedes, Chile is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 39 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Los Ángeles in JanuaryChile · 34 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Chillán in JanuaryChile · 89 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Chiguayante in JanuaryChile · 107 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Coronel in JanuaryChile · 111 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Concepción in JanuaryChile · 115 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in JanuaryChile · 118 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Talcahuano in JanuaryChile · 126 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Temuco in JanuaryChile · 158 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 29 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.