Climate averages 1991–2020
Villa Mercedes, Chile weather
in May.
A cool, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Villa Mercedes, Chile: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Ángeles (34 km away). In May its highs average 15.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Villa Mercedes, Chile, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Villa Mercedes, Chile ranks 34th of 40 for the warmest May highs and 38th of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 17.5°C; Villa Mercedes, Chile is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 245 mm to 356 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Los Ángeles in MayChile · 34 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Chillán in MayChile · 89 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Chiguayante in MayChile · 107 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Coronel in MayChile · 111 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 175 mm rain
- Concepción in MayChile · 115 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 135 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in MayChile · 118 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Talcahuano in MayChile · 126 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Temuco in MayChile · 158 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 187 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.