Los Vilos climate — normals and trends
Los Vilos (Chile) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 212 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Los Vilos averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 21 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Los Vilos has changed by -0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.05 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.5 °C (on 16 February 1983) and the coldest 3.2 °C (on 11 July 2007).
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 VilosCoquimbo Region
- coords
- -31.91°, -71.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.9°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
11.1°C
Annual rainfall
212mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
6.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
21 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.0 °C
Average feels-like low
9.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.4 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · 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
26.5 °C
16 February 1983
Coldest day
3.2 °C
11 July 2007
Wettest day
134 mm
4 July 1984
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
10 July 1984
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
8 August 2015
Hottest feels-like
27.8 °C
31 January 2024
Coldest feels-like
-1.8 °C
10 August 2007
Snowiest day
0.6 cm
14 June 1940
Sunniest day
13.9 h
4 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 21.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 20.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 8 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 14.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 63 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 15.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 22 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 15.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 85 mm | +51 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 12 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 18.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 20.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Los Vilos?
Los Vilos has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 212 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Los Vilos?
The hottest day measured in Los Vilos between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1983, reaching 26.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Los Vilos?
The coldest day measured in Los Vilos between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2007, at 3.2 °C.
Does it snow in Los Vilos?
Almost never: Los Vilos sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Los Vilos warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Los Vilos.
What is the wettest day in Los Vilos?
The wettest day measured in Los Vilos between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Los Vilos?
The windiest day measured in Los Vilos between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1984, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Los Vilos?
The warmest month in Los Vilos is January (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Los Vilos?
Los Vilos receives on average 212 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 21 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Los Vilos?
Los Vilos gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Los Vilos?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Los Vilos between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1940, with 0.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Los Vilos?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Los Vilos.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Los Vilos?
In Los Vilos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.8 °C on 31 January 2024, and the lowest was -1.8 °C on 10 August 2007.
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