Climate averages 1991–2020
Viña del Mar weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th 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 Viña del Mar: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valparaíso (7 km away). In December its highs average 19.9°C, 2.5°C cooler than Viña del Mar, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Viña del Mar ranks 28th of 40 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 40 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 40 cities is 23.8°C; Viña del Mar is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.5 mm to under 1 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
Viña del Mar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 23.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 22.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 14 | 1.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 51 | 4.0 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 106 | 6.3 | 10.010 h |
| July | 15.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 60 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| August | 16.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 17.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 24 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 18.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 13 | 1.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| December, selected | 22.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 2.5 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Valparaíso in DecemberChile · 7 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Quilpué in DecemberChile · 11 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 2.5 mm rain
- San Antonio, Chile in DecemberChile · 64 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Lampa in DecemberChile · 69 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Colina in DecemberChile · 84 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Quilicura in DecemberChile · 87 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Peñaflor in DecemberChile · 90 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Maipú in DecemberChile · 91 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 6.3 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 Viña del Mar) is explained once on the Viña del Mar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Quilpué lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.