Valparaíso climate

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Valparaíso is warmest in February, with average highs of 20 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 9.5 °C. June is the wettest month (112 mm) and January the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Valparaíso averages 344 mm of rain and 0 days above 25 °C.

Chile · population 282,448 · 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 20 °C
Coldest month July 9.5 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month June 112 mm
Least cloud January 18 % cloud
Hottest on record May 28 °C
Coldest on record July 3.0 °C
Warmest sea February 17 °C

What to expectValparaíso through the year

Valparaíso has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in July to 20 °C in February, a swing of 5.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 0 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 28 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 112 mm against 0 mm in January — 368 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Valparaíso is warmest in February at 17 °C and coldest in August at 13 °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	19.5 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
February	19.6 °C	1 mm	18 %
March	19.0 °C	3 mm	21 %
April	17.2 °C	14 mm	34 %
May	15.7 °C	52 mm	54 %
June	14.4 °C	112 mm	56 %
July	13.6 °C	62 mm	51 %
August	13.9 °C	55 mm	49 %
September	14.5 °C	25 mm	47 %
October	15.4 °C	14 mm	39 %
November	16.9 °C	3 mm	26 %
December	18.3 °C	3 mm	21 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low
January	19.5 °C	15.4 °C	17.4 °C	25.5 °C	11.4 °C
February	19.6 °C	15.4 °C	17.4 °C	25.2 °C	11.8 °C
March	19.0 °C	14.7 °C	16.7 °C	24.8 °C	9.0 °C
April	17.2 °C	13.0 °C	15.0 °C	24.0 °C	7.2 °C
May	15.7 °C	11.5 °C	13.6 °C	27.9 °C	5.8 °C
June	14.4 °C	10.4 °C	12.4 °C	20.2 °C	4.9 °C
July	13.6 °C	9.5 °C	11.6 °C	23.5 °C	3.0 °C
August	13.9 °C	9.7 °C	11.7 °C	23.2 °C	4.2 °C
September	14.5 °C	10.5 °C	12.4 °C	25.1 °C	5.5 °C
October	15.4 °C	11.5 °C	13.4 °C	24.3 °C	5.9 °C
November	16.9 °C	12.8 °C	14.8 °C	22.8 °C	9.0 °C
December	18.3 °C	14.2 °C	16.2 °C	24.4 °C	10.5 °C

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	18 %	82 %	20 km/h	16.8 °C
February	1 mm	0	13 h/day	18 %	83 %	18 km/h	17.2 °C
March	3 mm	1	12 h/day	21 %	83 %	18 km/h	16.7 °C
April	14 mm	2	11 h/day	34 %	84 %	18 km/h	15.4 °C
May	52 mm	4	10 h/day	54 %	86 %	17 km/h	14.4 °C
June	112 mm	6	10.0 h/day	56 %	86 %	18 km/h	13.7 °C
July	62 mm	5	10 h/day	51 %	85 %	18 km/h	13.0 °C
August	55 mm	5	11 h/day	49 %	84 %	19 km/h	12.7 °C
September	25 mm	3	12 h/day	47 %	84 %	20 km/h	12.8 °C
October	14 mm	2	13 h/day	39 %	83 %	21 km/h	13.4 °C
November	3 mm	1	14 h/day	26 %	82 %	22 km/h	14.3 °C
December	3 mm	0	14 h/day	21 %	82 %	21 km/h	15.6 °C

How Valparaíso 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
Valparaíso	20 °C	9.5 °C	344 mm	0
Viña del Mar · Chile	24 °C	7.6 °C	344 mm	18
Quilicura · Chile	29 °C	3.8 °C	612 mm	131
Maipú · Chile	29 °C	3.2 °C	497 mm	140
Santiago · Chile	28 °C	2.7 °C	488 mm	123
Peñalolén · Chile	27 °C	1.7 °C	664 mm	101
Puente Alto · Chile	28 °C	1.4 °C	680 mm	112

Where Valparaíso ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in October	4th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in South America in September	5th of 50	14 °C
The driest places in South America in February	5th of 50	1.0 mm
The driest places in South America in January	5th of 50	0.3 mm
The driest places in South America in March	6th of 50	3.0 mm
The coolest places in South America in November	7th of 50	17 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Valparaíso’s climate

When is the best time to visit Valparaíso?

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 Valparaíso get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 20 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 28 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.5 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Valparaíso?

June, averaging 112 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 344 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 Valparaíso 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: -33.036°, -71.630° (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.