Talcahuano climate

Name: Talcahuano
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Talcahuano is warmest in January, with average highs of 22 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 6.8 °C. June is the wettest month (190 mm) and January the driest (6.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Talcahuano averages 836 mm of rain, 7 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Chile · population 150,499 · 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 22 °C
Coldest month July 6.8 °C
Driest month January 6 mm
Wettest month June 190 mm
Least cloud January 19 % cloud
Hottest on record February 30 °C
Coldest on record July -1.9 °C
Warmest sea January 15 °C

What to expectTalcahuano through the year

Talcahuano has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in July to 22 °C in January, a swing of 8.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 7 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 190 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 Talcahuano is warmest in January at 15 °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	22.2 °C	6 mm	19 %
February	21.9 °C	11 mm	20 %
March	20.7 °C	19 mm	30 %
April	17.5 °C	52 mm	47 %
May	15.0 °C	137 mm	65 %
June	13.2 °C	190 mm	67 %
July	12.6 °C	147 mm	62 %
August	13.1 °C	125 mm	61 %
September	14.5 °C	65 mm	53 %
October	16.2 °C	45 mm	47 %
November	18.4 °C	22 mm	36 %
December	20.5 °C	16 mm	27 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	22.2 °C	13.6 °C	17.7 °C	29.2 °C	8.7 °C	3
February	21.9 °C	13.4 °C	17.4 °C	29.8 °C	9.2 °C	2
March	20.7 °C	12.5 °C	16.2 °C	28.3 °C	6.2 °C	1
April	17.5 °C	10.3 °C	13.6 °C	25.9 °C	4.5 °C	0
May	15.0 °C	9.0 °C	11.7 °C	22.2 °C	0.6 °C	0
June	13.2 °C	7.9 °C	10.4 °C	19.8 °C	-0.3 °C	0
July	12.6 °C	6.8 °C	9.5 °C	18.4 °C	-1.9 °C	0
August	13.1 °C	7.1 °C	9.9 °C	20.0 °C	-1.4 °C	0
September	14.5 °C	7.7 °C	10.9 °C	24.7 °C	2.3 °C	0
October	16.2 °C	9.1 °C	12.4 °C	26.3 °C	3.7 °C	0
November	18.4 °C	10.8 °C	14.5 °C	27.4 °C	6.2 °C	0
December	20.5 °C	12.4 °C	16.3 °C	28.8 °C	8.1 °C	1

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 %	70 %	22 km/h	14.5 °C
February	11 mm	2	13 h/day	20 %	73 %	20 km/h	14.5 °C
March	19 mm	3	12 h/day	30 %	76 %	19 km/h	14.4 °C
April	52 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	81 %	17 km/h	13.5 °C
May	137 mm	10	10 h/day	65 %	86 %	17 km/h	12.9 °C
June	190 mm	14	9.7 h/day	67 %	86 %	19 km/h	12.5 °C
July	147 mm	12	9.9 h/day	62 %	85 %	18 km/h	12.0 °C
August	125 mm	12	11 h/day	61 %	83 %	19 km/h	11.7 °C
September	65 mm	7	12 h/day	53 %	81 %	19 km/h	12.1 °C
October	45 mm	6	13 h/day	47 %	78 %	20 km/h	12.6 °C
November	22 mm	4	14 h/day	36 %	74 %	22 km/h	13.2 °C
December	16 mm	3	15 h/day	27 %	72 %	22 km/h	13.9 °C

How Talcahuano 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
Talcahuano	22 °C	6.8 °C	836 mm	7
Concepción · Chile	24 °C	6.0 °C	846 mm	34
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 Talcahuano ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in January	5thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in South America in August	5thof 50	13 °C
Places with the best weather in South America in February	6thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in South America in May	6thof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in South America in September	6thof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in South America in July	7thof 50	13 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Talcahuano’s climate

When is the best time to visit Talcahuano?

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 Talcahuano get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 22 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.8 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Talcahuano?

June, averaging 190 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 836 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 Talcahuano 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.