El Quisco climate — normals and trends
El Quisco (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 393 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
El Quisco averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 33 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for El Quisco between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.0 °C (on 6 January 1943) and the coldest 5.2 °C (on 9 August 1993).
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
El QuiscoValparaiso
- coords
- -33.40°, -71.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.3°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
393mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
87%
Average peak wind
25.2km/h
Seasonal range
4.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
33 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
9.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
22.0 °C
6 January 1943
Coldest day
5.2 °C
9 August 1993
Wettest day
115 mm
24 June 1962
Windiest day
73.2 km/h
11 June 1940
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
12 June 1940
Hottest feels-like
22.2 °C
8 February 2013
Coldest feels-like
-1.4 °C
17 June 1969
Sunniest day
14.0 h
17 December 1940
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 | 16.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 16.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 13 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 6 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 65 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 12.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 80 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 12.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 63 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 13.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 79 mm | +23 mm |
| Sep | 13.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 34 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 14.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 16.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Quisco?
El Quisco has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 393 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Quisco?
The hottest day measured in El Quisco between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1943, reaching 22.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Quisco?
The coldest day measured in El Quisco between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1993, at 5.2 °C.
Does it snow in El Quisco?
Almost never: El Quisco sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Quisco warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in El Quisco.
What is the wettest day in El Quisco?
The wettest day measured in El Quisco between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1962, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Quisco?
The windiest day measured in El Quisco between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 1940, with winds reaching 73.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Quisco?
The warmest month in El Quisco is February (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.2 °C).
How much does it rain in El Quisco?
El Quisco receives on average 393 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 33 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Quisco?
El Quisco gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in El Quisco?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in El Quisco.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Quisco?
In El Quisco, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 22.2 °C on 8 February 2013, and the lowest was -1.4 °C on 17 June 1969.
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