Limache climate — normals and trends
Limache (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 344 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 (9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Limache averages 4 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 32 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Limache 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 35.6 °C (on 12 January 1941) and the coldest -5.6 °C (on 28 July 1956).
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
LimacheValparaiso
- coords
- -33.01°, -71.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.3°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
344mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
10.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
32 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.1 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 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
-0.8 °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
35.6 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest day
-5.6 °C
28 July 1956
Wettest day
140 mm
3 June 2002
Windiest day
32.9 km/h
8 August 2015
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
12 June 1940
Hottest feels-like
35.7 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest feels-like
-9.9 °C
9 July 1976
Snowiest day
5.6 cm
14 June 1940
Sunniest day
14.0 h
13 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 25.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 23.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 6 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 21.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 36 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 15.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 81 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 17.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 25 mm | -55 mm |
| Aug | 16.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 96 mm | +43 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 25 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 22.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 24.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 7 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Limache?
Limache has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 344 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Limache?
The hottest day measured in Limache between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Limache?
The coldest day measured in Limache between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1956, at -5.6 °C.
Does it snow in Limache?
Yes. Limache gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Limache warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Limache.
What is the wettest day in Limache?
The wettest day measured in Limache between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2002, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Limache?
The windiest day measured in Limache between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Limache?
The warmest month in Limache is January (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Limache?
Limache receives on average 344 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 32 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Limache?
Limache 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 Limache?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Limache between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1940, with 5.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Limache?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Limache.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Limache?
In Limache, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.7 °C on 12 January 1941, and the lowest was -9.9 °C on 9 July 1976.
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