Quilicura climate

Name: Quilicura
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Quilicura is warmest in January, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 3.8 °C. June is the wettest month (111 mm) and January the driest (7.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Quilicura averages 612 mm of rain, 131 days above 25 °C and 11 days below freezing.

Chile · population 210,410 · 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 3.8 °C
Driest month January 7 mm
Wettest month June 111 mm
Least cloud February 12 % cloud
Hottest on record January 37 °C
Coldest on record August -9.4 °C

What to expectQuilicura through the year

Quilicura 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, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 20 of them reach 30 °C, 11 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 111 mm against 7 mm in January — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.7 °C	7 mm	13 %
February	28.2 °C	9 mm	12 %
March	26.6 °C	14 mm	15 %
April	22.5 °C	37 mm	33 %
May	18.8 °C	76 mm	53 %
June	15.6 °C	111 mm	57 %
July	14.8 °C	92 mm	54 %
August	16.1 °C	96 mm	52 %
September	18.1 °C	74 mm	53 %
October	20.7 °C	56 mm	46 %
November	24.1 °C	27 mm	27 %
December	26.9 °C	12 mm	17 %

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	28.7 °C	16.8 °C	22.1 °C	37.2 °C	9.1 °C	29	7	0
February	28.2 °C	16.5 °C	21.6 °C	34.6 °C	10.1 °C	26	5	0
March	26.6 °C	15.3 °C	20.2 °C	34.5 °C	6.9 °C	24	3	0
April	22.5 °C	11.3 °C	16.5 °C	32.7 °C	0.0 °C	8	0	0
May	18.8 °C	7.6 °C	12.9 °C	28.3 °C	-6.8 °C	1	0	0
June	15.6 °C	4.8 °C	9.8 °C	24.6 °C	-5.6 °C	0	0	3
July	14.8 °C	3.8 °C	8.9 °C	25.6 °C	-6.1 °C	0	0	5
August	16.1 °C	5.0 °C	10.2 °C	27.2 °C	-9.4 °C	0	0	3
September	18.1 °C	6.7 °C	12.2 °C	28.4 °C	-3.5 °C	1	0	1
October	20.7 °C	9.2 °C	14.8 °C	30.6 °C	-0.7 °C	4	0	0
November	24.1 °C	12.1 °C	17.9 °C	33.7 °C	3.6 °C	13	1	0
December	26.9 °C	14.8 °C	20.4 °C	35.5 °C	6.5 °C	24	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	7 mm	2	14 h/day	13 %	53 %	14 km/h
February	9 mm	2	13 h/day	12 %	55 %	13 km/h
March	14 mm	2	12 h/day	15 %	56 %	12 km/h
April	37 mm	4	11 h/day	33 %	59 %	10.0 km/h
May	76 mm	7	10 h/day	53 %	63 %	8.4 km/h
June	111 mm	8	10.0 h/day	57 %	65 %	7.9 km/h
July	92 mm	8	10 h/day	54 %	66 %	7.8 km/h
August	96 mm	8	11 h/day	52 %	67 %	8.4 km/h
September	74 mm	9	12 h/day	53 %	69 %	9.5 km/h
October	56 mm	8	13 h/day	46 %	67 %	11 km/h
November	27 mm	4	14 h/day	27 %	59 %	12 km/h
December	12 mm	2	14 h/day	17 %	55 %	14 km/h

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

Where Quilicura ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in April	1stof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	1stof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in South America in November	4thof 50	97/100
The driest places in South America in January	20thof 50	7.4 mm
Places with the best weather in South America year-round	21stof 50	85/100
Places with the best weather in South America in October	27thof 50	90/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Quilicura’s climate

When is the best time to visit Quilicura?

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 Quilicura get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 20 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.8 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 11 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Quilicura?

June, averaging 111 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is January with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 612 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 Quilicura 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.