La Ligua climate — normals and trends
La Ligua (Chile) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 284 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 (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
La Ligua averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 28 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of La Ligua has changed by -0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 1 January 1973) and the coldest -0.6 °C (on 7 July 1960).
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 LiguaValparaiso
- coords
- -32.45°, -71.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
284mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
8.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
28 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.3 cm
Average feels-like high
20.5 °C
Average feels-like low
10.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.7 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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
33.7 °C
1 January 1973
Coldest day
-0.6 °C
7 July 1960
Wettest day
132 mm
4 July 1984
Windiest day
24.8 km/h
20 September 1956
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
24 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
1 January 1973
Coldest feels-like
-4.0 °C
7 July 1960
Snowiest day
5.3 cm
14 June 1940
Sunniest day
13.9 h
18 December 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 25.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 24.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 6 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 21.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 20 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 15.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 76 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 17.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | -42 mm |
| Aug | 17.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 108 mm | +61 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 16 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 22.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 22.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 25.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of La Ligua?
La Ligua has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 284 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Ligua?
The hottest day measured in La Ligua between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1973, reaching 33.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in La Ligua?
The coldest day measured in La Ligua between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1960, at -0.6 °C.
Does it snow in La Ligua?
Almost never: La Ligua sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of La Ligua warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in La Ligua.
What is the wettest day in La Ligua?
The wettest day measured in La Ligua between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 132 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in La Ligua?
The windiest day measured in La Ligua between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 1956, with winds reaching 24.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in La Ligua?
The warmest month in La Ligua is January (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.1 °C).
How much does it rain in La Ligua?
La Ligua receives on average 284 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.
Is it sunny in La Ligua?
La Ligua gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in La Ligua?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in La Ligua between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1940, with 5.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in La Ligua?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in La Ligua.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in La Ligua?
In La Ligua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 1 January 1973, and the lowest was -4.0 °C on 7 July 1960.
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