La Calera climate — normals and trends
La Calera (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 318 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (9.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
La Calera averages 1 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 29 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of La Calera has changed by -0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 12 January 1941) and the coldest -3.3 °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
La CaleraValparaiso
- coords
- -32.79°, -71.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.6°C
Average daily high
20.2°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
318mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
9.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
29 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.3 cm
Average feels-like high
20.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 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
-0.8 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
34.4 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest day
-3.3 °C
9 July 1976
Wettest day
149 mm
4 July 1984
Windiest day
27.6 km/h
8 August 2015
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
8 August 2015
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest feels-like
-7.0 °C
9 July 1976
Snowiest day
3.8 cm
14 June 1940
Sunniest day
13.9 h
18 December 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 25.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 23.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 9 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 21.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 30 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 15.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 78 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 16.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 26 mm | -49 mm |
| Aug | 16.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 105 mm | +54 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 19 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 21.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 22.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 24.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of La Calera?
La Calera has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 318 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Calera?
The hottest day measured in La Calera between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in La Calera?
The coldest day measured in La Calera between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1976, at -3.3 °C.
Does it snow in La Calera?
Almost never: La Calera sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of La Calera warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in La Calera.
What is the wettest day in La Calera?
The wettest day measured in La Calera between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in La Calera?
The windiest day measured in La Calera between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 27.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in La Calera?
The warmest month in La Calera is January (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.8 °C).
How much does it rain in La Calera?
La Calera receives on average 318 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 29 rainy days.
Is it sunny in La Calera?
La Calera gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in La Calera?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in La Calera between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1940, with 3.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in La Calera?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in La Calera.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in La Calera?
In La Calera, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 12 January 1941, and the lowest was -7.0 °C on 9 July 1976.
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