Curacaví climate — normals and trends
Curacaví (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 398 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 January (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Curacaví averages 7 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 36 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Curacaví has changed by -0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.06 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 12 January 1941) and the coldest -6.2 °C (on 9 July 1976).
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
CuracavíSantiago Metropolitan
- coords
- -33.40°, -71.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.1°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
398mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
10.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
36 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.3 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.5 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.11 · p = 0.002
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
37.5 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest day
-6.2 °C
9 July 1976
Wettest day
117 mm
3 June 2002
Windiest day
30.5 km/h
6 July 2010
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
10 April 1980
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest feels-like
-10.1 °C
9 July 1976
Snowiest day
4.6 cm
10 July 1984
Sunniest day
14.0 h
11 December 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 26.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 24.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 12 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 21.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 4 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 61 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 15.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 72 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 16.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 27 mm | -61 mm |
| Aug | 16.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 105 mm | +47 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 50 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 2 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 23.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 25.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 8 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Curacaví?
Curacaví has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 398 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Curacaví?
The hottest day measured in Curacaví between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Curacaví?
The coldest day measured in Curacaví between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1976, at -6.2 °C.
Does it snow in Curacaví?
Almost never: Curacaví sees virtually no snow, with about 7 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Curacaví warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Curacaví.
What is the wettest day in Curacaví?
The wettest day measured in Curacaví between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2002, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Curacaví?
The windiest day measured in Curacaví between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2010, with winds reaching 30.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Curacaví?
The warmest month in Curacaví is January (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Curacaví?
Curacaví receives on average 398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 36 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Curacaví?
Curacaví gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Curacaví?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Curacaví between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1984, with 4.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Curacaví?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Curacaví.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Curacaví?
In Curacaví, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 12 January 1941, and the lowest was -10.1 °C on 9 July 1976.
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