Maipú climate

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Maipú is warmest in January, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 3.2 °C. June is the wettest month (109 mm) and January the driest (2.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maipú averages 497 mm of rain, 140 days above 25 °C and 15 days below freezing.

Chile · population 503,635 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month July 3.2 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month June 109 mm
Least cloud February 11 % cloud
Hottest on record January 38 °C
Coldest on record August -7.3 °C

What to expectMaipú through the year

Maipú has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in July to 29 °C in January, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 140 days a year reach 25 °C, 27 of them reach 30 °C, 15 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 109 mm against 3 mm in January — 41 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.1 °C	3 mm	12 %
February	28.5 °C	5 mm	11 %
March	27.0 °C	9 mm	15 %
April	22.9 °C	28 mm	33 %
May	19.0 °C	62 mm	53 %
June	15.8 °C	109 mm	57 %
July	15.1 °C	86 mm	54 %
August	16.6 °C	81 mm	52 %
September	18.6 °C	54 mm	51 %
October	21.3 °C	38 mm	45 %
November	24.8 °C	16 mm	26 %
December	27.5 °C	6 mm	16 %

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	29.1 °C	16.0 °C	21.9 °C	38.1 °C	9.0 °C	30	9	0
February	28.5 °C	15.7 °C	21.4 °C	35.3 °C	9.7 °C	26	7	0
March	27.0 °C	14.5 °C	19.9 °C	35.9 °C	5.9 °C	25	3	0
April	22.9 °C	10.7 °C	16.3 °C	33.8 °C	0.0 °C	9	0	0
May	19.0 °C	7.1 °C	12.7 °C	29.9 °C	-4.6 °C	2	0	1
June	15.8 °C	4.2 °C	9.5 °C	24.4 °C	-6.1 °C	0	0	4
July	15.1 °C	3.2 °C	8.7 °C	25.0 °C	-6.1 °C	0	0	6
August	16.6 °C	4.4 °C	10.1 °C	27.5 °C	-7.3 °C	1	0	4
September	18.6 °C	6.3 °C	12.2 °C	28.8 °C	-3.6 °C	1	0	1
October	21.3 °C	9.0 °C	14.9 °C	32.1 °C	-0.7 °C	5	0	0
November	24.8 °C	11.7 °C	17.9 °C	35.0 °C	3.4 °C	15	2	0
December	27.5 °C	14.2 °C	20.4 °C	36.5 °C	6.2 °C	26	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	14 h/day	12 %	53 %	14 km/h
February	5 mm	1	13 h/day	11 %	56 %	13 km/h
March	9 mm	1	12 h/day	15 %	57 %	12 km/h
April	28 mm	3	11 h/day	33 %	61 %	10 km/h
May	62 mm	6	10 h/day	53 %	66 %	8.6 km/h
June	109 mm	7	9.9 h/day	57 %	69 %	8.1 km/h
July	86 mm	7	10 h/day	54 %	70 %	8.1 km/h
August	81 mm	7	11 h/day	52 %	70 %	8.8 km/h
September	54 mm	7	12 h/day	51 %	71 %	9.9 km/h
October	38 mm	6	13 h/day	45 %	66 %	11 km/h
November	16 mm	2	14 h/day	26 %	58 %	12 km/h
December	6 mm	1	14 h/day	16 %	54 %	13 km/h

How Maipú 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
Maipú	29 °C	3.2 °C	497 mm	140
Santiago · Chile	28 °C	2.7 °C	488 mm	123
Quilicura · Chile	29 °C	3.8 °C	612 mm	131
Puente Alto · Chile	28 °C	1.4 °C	680 mm	112
Peñalolén · Chile	27 °C	1.7 °C	664 mm	101
Rancagua · Chile	28 °C	2.2 °C	738 mm	117
Viña del Mar · Chile	24 °C	7.6 °C	344 mm	18

Where Maipú ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in April	3rd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in South America in November	8th of 50	95/100
The driest places in South America in January	8th of 50	2.7 mm
Places with the best weather in the world in April	9th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in South America in October	11th of 50	93/100
The driest places in South America in March	13th of 50	8.6 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Maipú’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maipú?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, 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 Maipú get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 27 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.2 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 15 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Maipú?

June, averaging 109 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 497 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 Maipú 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
Data point: -33.514°, -70.765° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.