Temuco climate

Name: Temuco
Address: CL

Temuco is warmest in February, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 4.0 °C. June is the wettest month (259 mm) and January the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Temuco averages 1,409 mm of rain, 33 days above 25 °C and 14 days below freezing.

Chile · population 238,129 · 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 February 24 °C
Coldest month July 4.0 °C
Driest month January 29 mm
Wettest month June 259 mm
Least cloud February 32 % cloud
Hottest on record January 36 °C
Coldest on record July -6.0 °C

What to expectTemuco through the year

Temuco has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in July to 24 °C in February, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 33 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 14 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 259 mm against 29 mm in January — 9.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.7 °C	29 mm	33 %
February	24.1 °C	34 mm	32 %
March	21.6 °C	54 mm	43 %
April	17.3 °C	100 mm	59 %
May	14.2 °C	184 mm	70 %
June	11.6 °C	259 mm	75 %
July	11.1 °C	217 mm	70 %
August	12.2 °C	192 mm	69 %
September	14.1 °C	111 mm	63 %
October	16.0 °C	103 mm	61 %
November	18.3 °C	67 mm	56 %
December	21.0 °C	59 mm	44 %

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	23.7 °C	11.1 °C	17.1 °C	36.1 °C	3.1 °C	11	1	0
February	24.1 °C	11.3 °C	17.1 °C	36.0 °C	5.1 °C	12	2	0
March	21.6 °C	10.1 °C	15.3 °C	34.0 °C	3.3 °C	5	0	0
April	17.3 °C	7.9 °C	12.1 °C	28.4 °C	1.1 °C	0	0	0
May	14.2 °C	6.6 °C	10.0 °C	21.6 °C	-4.1 °C	0	0	1
June	11.6 °C	5.1 °C	8.0 °C	18.0 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	3
July	11.1 °C	4.0 °C	7.1 °C	19.2 °C	-6.0 °C	0	0	5
August	12.2 °C	4.3 °C	7.9 °C	20.6 °C	-5.7 °C	0	0	4
September	14.1 °C	4.8 °C	9.1 °C	24.2 °C	-2.3 °C	0	0	1
October	16.0 °C	6.2 °C	10.8 °C	27.3 °C	0.0 °C	0	0	0
November	18.3 °C	7.9 °C	12.8 °C	30.6 °C	2.0 °C	1	0	0
December	21.0 °C	9.7 °C	15.1 °C	34.9 °C	3.1 °C	4	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	29 mm	4	15 h/day	33 %	69 %	19 km/h
February	34 mm	4	14 h/day	32 %	69 %	18 km/h
March	54 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	75 %	17 km/h
April	100 mm	9	11 h/day	59 %	82 %	16 km/h
May	184 mm	13	10 h/day	70 %	85 %	17 km/h
June	259 mm	18	9.5 h/day	75 %	87 %	20 km/h
July	217 mm	16	9.7 h/day	70 %	85 %	19 km/h
August	192 mm	15	11 h/day	69 %	83 %	19 km/h
September	111 mm	12	12 h/day	63 %	82 %	18 km/h
October	103 mm	11	13 h/day	61 %	81 %	17 km/h
November	67 mm	8	14 h/day	56 %	78 %	18 km/h
December	59 mm	7	15 h/day	44 %	73 %	19 km/h

How Temuco 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
Temuco	24 °C	4.0 °C	1,409 mm	33
Concepción · Chile	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
Puerto Montt · Chile	19 °C	5.0 °C	2,250 mm	2

Where Temuco ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in August	3rdof 50	12 °C
The coolest places in South America in July	3rdof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in South America in June	3rdof 50	12 °C
The coolest places in South America in May	4thof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in South America in September	4thof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in South America in October	5thof 50	16 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Temuco’s climate

When is the best time to visit Temuco?

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

How hot does Temuco get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.0 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 14 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Temuco?

June, averaging 259 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is January with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,409 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 Temuco 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.