Talca climate

Name: Talca
Address: CL

Talca is warmest in January, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 4.3 °C. June is the wettest month (192 mm) and January the driest (4.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Talca averages 773 mm of rain, 127 days above 25 °C and 6 days below freezing.

Chile · population 197,479 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month July 4.3 °C
Driest month January 4 mm
Wettest month June 192 mm
Least cloud January 13 % cloud
Hottest on record January 37 °C
Coldest on record July -4.3 °C

What to expectTalca through the year

Talca has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in July to 30 °C in January, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 127 days a year reach 25 °C, 37 of them reach 30 °C, 6 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 192 mm against 4 mm in January — 46 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.7 °C	4 mm	13 %
February	29.0 °C	7 mm	14 %
March	26.7 °C	14 mm	21 %
April	21.4 °C	45 mm	40 %
May	17.0 °C	136 mm	63 %
June	14.1 °C	192 mm	67 %
July	13.6 °C	135 mm	61 %
August	15.1 °C	110 mm	59 %
September	17.6 °C	61 mm	52 %
October	20.6 °C	40 mm	45 %
November	24.7 °C	16 mm	30 %
December	27.9 °C	13 mm	21 %

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	29.7 °C	14.9 °C	22.2 °C	37.1 °C	9.1 °C	30	15	0
February	29.0 °C	14.6 °C	21.4 °C	36.3 °C	8.5 °C	26	10	0
March	26.7 °C	12.8 °C	19.2 °C	34.7 °C	7.0 °C	23	3	0
April	21.4 °C	9.7 °C	14.9 °C	31.9 °C	2.6 °C	4	0	0
May	17.0 °C	7.6 °C	11.6 °C	24.6 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0	0
June	14.1 °C	5.7 °C	9.2 °C	21.9 °C	-2.6 °C	0	0	1
July	13.6 °C	4.3 °C	8.3 °C	20.5 °C	-4.3 °C	0	0	3
August	15.1 °C	5.0 °C	9.5 °C	24.6 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	2
September	17.6 °C	6.3 °C	11.5 °C	26.2 °C	-0.4 °C	0	0	0
October	20.6 °C	8.3 °C	14.1 °C	29.0 °C	1.1 °C	3	0	0
November	24.7 °C	10.8 °C	17.5 °C	34.7 °C	3.1 °C	15	1	0
December	27.9 °C	13.3 °C	20.4 °C	35.6 °C	5.9 °C	26	8	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	14 h/day	13 %	53 %	16 km/h
February	7 mm	1	13 h/day	14 %	56 %	15 km/h
March	14 mm	1	12 h/day	21 %	62 %	14 km/h
April	45 mm	4	11 h/day	40 %	72 %	13 km/h
May	136 mm	8	10 h/day	63 %	82 %	13 km/h
June	192 mm	11	9.8 h/day	67 %	84 %	14 km/h
July	135 mm	9	10.0 h/day	61 %	83 %	14 km/h
August	110 mm	9	11 h/day	59 %	81 %	14 km/h
September	61 mm	6	12 h/day	52 %	77 %	15 km/h
October	40 mm	5	13 h/day	45 %	71 %	15 km/h
November	16 mm	2	14 h/day	30 %	61 %	16 km/h
December	13 mm	2	15 h/day	21 %	55 %	16 km/h

How Talca 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
Talca	30 °C	4.3 °C	773 mm	127
Chillán · Chile	28 °C	3.9 °C	1,164 mm	91
Rancagua · Chile	28 °C	2.2 °C	738 mm	117
Talcahuano · Chile	22 °C	6.8 °C	836 mm	7
Concepción · Chile	24 °C	6.0 °C	846 mm	34
Puente Alto · Chile	28 °C	1.4 °C	680 mm	112

Where Talca ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in South America in January	10thof 50	4.2 mm
Places with the best weather in South America in April	11thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in South America in June	12thof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in South America in August	14thof 50	15 °C
Places with the best weather in South America in March	16thof 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in South America in November	16thof 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Talca’s climate

When is the best time to visit Talca?

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 Talca get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 37 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 4.3 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 6 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Talca?

June, averaging 192 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 773 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 Talca 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.