Viña del Mar climate

Name: Viña del Mar
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Viña del Mar is warmest in January, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 7.6 °C. June is the wettest month (114 mm) and January the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Viña del Mar averages 344 mm of rain and 18 days above 25 °C.

Chile · population 334,248 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month July 7.6 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month June 114 mm
Least cloud February 17 % cloud
Hottest on record May 35 °C
Coldest on record July 1.0 °C
Warmest sea February 17 °C

What to expectViña del Mar through the year

Viña del Mar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in July to 24 °C in January, a swing of 8.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 18 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 114 mm against 0 mm in January — 445 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Viña del Mar 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	23.7 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
February	23.4 °C	1 mm	17 %
March	22.8 °C	3 mm	20 %
April	20.6 °C	14 mm	34 %
May	18.4 °C	50 mm	54 %
June	16.5 °C	114 mm	57 %
July	15.7 °C	63 mm	51 %
August	16.4 °C	54 mm	50 %
September	17.4 °C	25 mm	47 %
October	19.1 °C	14 mm	39 %
November	21.1 °C	3 mm	26 %
December	22.6 °C	3 mm	20 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	23.7 °C	15.6 °C	19.4 °C	31.2 °C	11.4 °C	5
February	23.4 °C	15.5 °C	19.1 °C	32.1 °C	11.2 °C	3
March	22.8 °C	14.5 °C	18.2 °C	31.1 °C	9.7 °C	3
April	20.6 °C	12.3 °C	16.0 °C	30.0 °C	7.0 °C	1
May	18.4 °C	10.3 °C	14.0 °C	35.3 °C	4.1 °C	0
June	16.5 °C	8.6 °C	12.2 °C	23.9 °C	2.0 °C	0
July	15.7 °C	7.6 °C	11.3 °C	26.0 °C	1.0 °C	0
August	16.4 °C	8.1 °C	11.9 °C	29.4 °C	1.8 °C	0
September	17.4 °C	9.5 °C	13.2 °C	29.0 °C	4.0 °C	0
October	19.1 °C	10.8 °C	14.7 °C	32.2 °C	4.5 °C	0
November	21.1 °C	12.5 °C	16.6 °C	30.5 °C	7.9 °C	2
December	22.6 °C	14.1 °C	18.1 °C	31.4 °C	9.4 °C	3

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	17 %	72 %	19 km/h	16.8 °C
February	1 mm	0	13 h/day	17 %	74 %	18 km/h	17.2 °C
March	3 mm	1	12 h/day	20 %	75 %	18 km/h	16.7 °C
April	14 mm	2	11 h/day	34 %	77 %	17 km/h	15.4 °C
May	50 mm	4	10 h/day	54 %	80 %	16 km/h	14.4 °C
June	114 mm	6	10.0 h/day	57 %	81 %	17 km/h	13.7 °C
July	63 mm	5	10 h/day	51 %	81 %	17 km/h	13.0 °C
August	54 mm	5	11 h/day	50 %	81 %	18 km/h	12.7 °C
September	25 mm	3	12 h/day	47 %	81 %	19 km/h	12.8 °C
October	14 mm	2	13 h/day	39 %	76 %	20 km/h	13.4 °C
November	3 mm	1	14 h/day	26 %	72 %	21 km/h	14.3 °C
December	3 mm	0	14 h/day	20 %	71 %	20 km/h	15.6 °C

How Viña del Mar 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
Viña del Mar	24 °C	7.6 °C	344 mm	18
Valparaíso · Chile	20 °C	9.5 °C	344 mm	0
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 Viña del Mar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in South America in January	2ndof 50	0.3 mm
Places with the best weather in South America in January	4thof 50	93/100
The driest places in South America in February	4thof 50	1.0 mm
Places with the best weather in South America in February	5thof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in South America in March	5thof 50	94/100
The driest places in South America in March	5thof 50	3.0 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Viña del Mar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Viña del Mar?

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, January is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Viña del Mar get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.6 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Viña del Mar?

June, averaging 114 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 Viña del Mar 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.