Concepción climate

Name: Concepción
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Concepción is warmest in January, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 6.0 °C. June is the wettest month (192 mm) and January the driest (6.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Concepción averages 846 mm of rain, 34 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

Chile · population 223,574 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month January 24 °C
Coldest month July 6.0 °C
Driest month January 6 mm
Wettest month June 192 mm
Least cloud January 19 % cloud
Hottest on record January 33 °C
Coldest on record July -2.8 °C
Warmest sea January 14 °C

What to expectConcepción through the year

Concepción has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in July to 24 °C in January, a swing of 9.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 34 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 192 mm against 6 mm in January — 31 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Concepción is warmest in January at 14 °C and coldest in August at 12 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.1 °C	6 mm	19 %
February	23.8 °C	11 mm	21 %
March	22.3 °C	20 mm	30 %
April	18.6 °C	52 mm	47 %
May	15.5 °C	138 mm	65 %
June	13.4 °C	192 mm	67 %
July	12.8 °C	149 mm	63 %
August	13.6 °C	125 mm	61 %
September	15.3 °C	66 mm	53 %
October	17.2 °C	46 mm	47 %
November	19.8 °C	23 mm	37 %
December	22.2 °C	16 mm	27 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	24.1 °C	13.7 °C	18.7 °C	33.0 °C	8.4 °C	12	1	0
February	23.8 °C	13.5 °C	18.3 °C	32.9 °C	8.8 °C	10	0	0
March	22.3 °C	12.3 °C	16.9 °C	31.5 °C	5.8 °C	5	0	0
April	18.6 °C	10.0 °C	13.9 °C	28.4 °C	3.8 °C	1	0	0
May	15.5 °C	8.5 °C	11.7 °C	23.9 °C	0.0 °C	0	0	0
June	13.4 °C	7.2 °C	10.0 °C	21.3 °C	-1.2 °C	0	0	0
July	12.8 °C	6.0 °C	9.1 °C	18.9 °C	-2.8 °C	0	0	1
August	13.6 °C	6.4 °C	9.7 °C	21.8 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0	0
September	15.3 °C	7.0 °C	10.9 °C	26.4 °C	1.1 °C	0	0	0
October	17.2 °C	8.5 °C	12.6 °C	28.8 °C	3.1 °C	0	0	0
November	19.8 °C	10.5 °C	15.0 °C	30.7 °C	4.9 °C	1	0	0
December	22.2 °C	12.3 °C	17.2 °C	32.3 °C	7.1 °C	6	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	6 mm	1	14 h/day	19 %	68 %	22 km/h	14.4 °C
February	11 mm	2	13 h/day	21 %	70 %	20 km/h	14.4 °C
March	20 mm	3	12 h/day	30 %	74 %	18 km/h	14.3 °C
April	52 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	80 %	17 km/h	13.4 °C
May	138 mm	10	10 h/day	65 %	86 %	17 km/h	12.8 °C
June	192 mm	13	9.7 h/day	67 %	87 %	19 km/h	12.3 °C
July	149 mm	12	9.9 h/day	63 %	86 %	18 km/h	11.9 °C
August	125 mm	12	11 h/day	61 %	84 %	19 km/h	11.7 °C
September	66 mm	7	12 h/day	53 %	81 %	18 km/h	12.0 °C
October	46 mm	6	13 h/day	47 %	78 %	19 km/h	12.5 °C
November	23 mm	4	14 h/day	37 %	73 %	21 km/h	13.1 °C
December	16 mm	3	15 h/day	27 %	70 %	22 km/h	13.8 °C

How Concepción compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Concepción	24 °C	6.0 °C	846 mm	34
Talcahuano · Chile	22 °C	6.8 °C	836 mm	7
Chillán · Chile	28 °C	3.9 °C	1,164 mm	91
Talca · Chile	30 °C	4.3 °C	773 mm	127
Temuco · Chile	24 °C	4.0 °C	1,409 mm	33

Where Concepción ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in February	7thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in South America in March	7thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in South America in August	7thof 50	14 °C
Places with the best weather in South America in January	8thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in South America in May	8thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in September	8thof 50	15 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Concepción.

QuestionsCommon questions about Concepción’s climate

When is the best time to visit Concepción?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, January is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Concepción get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.0 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Concepción?

June, averaging 192 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is January with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 846 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Concepción rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.