Coyhaique climate — normals and trends
Coyhaique (Chile) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 1,491 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is February (10.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Coyhaique averages 159 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 186 rainy days per year.
Coyhaique has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 200 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 25 January 1944) and the coldest -25.3 °C (on 21 June 2002).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CoyhaiqueAysén
- coords
- -45.58°, -72.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.5°C
Average daily high
8.7°C
Average daily low
0.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,491mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
11.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
159 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
186 d/yr
Annual snowfall
374.1 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.6 °C
Average peak gust
54.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
31.6 °C
25 January 1944
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
21 June 2002
Wettest day
85 mm
15 August 1996
Windiest day
31.1 km/h
16 January 1978
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
25 June 1990
Hottest feels-like
32.1 °C
25 January 1944
Coldest feels-like
-30.4 °C
21 June 2002
Snowiest day
41.9 cm
26 June 1963
Sunniest day
15.5 h
28 December 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 46 mm | -54 mm |
| Feb | 14.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 89 mm | +10 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 136 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 10.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 108 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 6.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 167 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 3.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 127 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 4.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 298 mm | +142 mm |
| Aug | 7.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 92 mm | -62 mm |
| Sep | 9.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 154 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 9.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 219 mm | +106 mm |
| Nov | 15.8 °C | +4.7 °C | 60 mm | -51 mm |
| Dec | 13.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 75 mm | -39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Coyhaique?
Coyhaique has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 1,491 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Coyhaique?
The hottest day measured in Coyhaique between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1944, reaching 31.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Coyhaique?
The coldest day measured in Coyhaique between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 2002, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Coyhaique?
Yes. Coyhaique gets on average 374.1 cm of snow per year and has around 159 frost days.
Has the climate of Coyhaique warmed?
Yes: Coyhaique warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Coyhaique?
The wettest day measured in Coyhaique between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1996, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Coyhaique?
The windiest day measured in Coyhaique between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1978, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Coyhaique?
The warmest month in Coyhaique is February (10.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Coyhaique?
Coyhaique receives on average 1,491 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 186 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Coyhaique?
Coyhaique gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Coyhaique?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Coyhaique between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1963, with 41.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Coyhaique?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Coyhaique.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Coyhaique?
In Coyhaique, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.1 °C on 25 January 1944, and the lowest was -30.4 °C on 21 June 2002.
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