Los Andes climate — normals and trends
Los Andes (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 529 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Los Andes averages 111 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Los Andes has warmed 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 28.7 °C (on 8 February 2025) and the coldest -17.8 °C (on 18 July 1990).
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
Los AndesValparaiso
- coords
- -32.83°, -70.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
529mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
169.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.10 · p = 0.003
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
28.7 °C
8 February 2025
Coldest day
-17.8 °C
18 July 1990
Wettest day
131 mm
4 July 1984
Windiest day
16.9 km/h
22 May 2014
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
4 July 1984
Hottest feels-like
29.1 °C
20 January 2017
Coldest feels-like
-23.2 °C
18 July 1990
Snowiest day
70.9 cm
4 July 1984
Sunniest day
14.2 h
14 December 2016
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 21 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 23.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 20.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 10 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 47 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 7.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 86 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 9.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 15 mm | -77 mm |
| Aug | 7.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 116 mm | +45 mm |
| Sep | 12.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 31 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 24 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 18.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 22 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 19.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 51 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Los Andes?
Los Andes has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 529 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Los Andes?
The hottest day measured in Los Andes between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2025, reaching 28.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Los Andes?
The coldest day measured in Los Andes between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1990, at -17.8 °C.
Does it snow in Los Andes?
Yes. Los Andes gets on average 169.2 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Los Andes warmed?
Yes: Los Andes warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Los Andes?
The wettest day measured in Los Andes between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Los Andes?
The windiest day measured in Los Andes between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 2014, with winds reaching 16.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Los Andes?
The warmest month in Los Andes is January (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Los Andes?
Los Andes receives on average 529 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Los Andes?
Los Andes 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 Los Andes?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Los Andes between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 70.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Los Andes?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Los Andes.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Los Andes?
In Los Andes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.1 °C on 20 January 2017, and the lowest was -23.2 °C on 18 July 1990.
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