Machalí climate — normals and trends
Machalí (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 750 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Machalí averages 38 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Machalí between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 12 January 1941) and the coldest -13.7 °C (on 18 June 1945).
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
MachalíO'Higgins Region
- coords
- -34.18°, -70.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
750mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
13.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
38 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
69 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.3 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
36.0 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest day
-13.7 °C
18 June 1945
Wettest day
111 mm
4 July 1984
Windiest day
19.1 km/h
5 June 1992
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
10 April 1980
Hottest feels-like
35.7 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest feels-like
-18.6 °C
18 June 1945
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
4 July 1984
Sunniest day
14.3 h
12 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 28.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 24.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 17 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 20.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 23 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 115 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 13.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 99 mm | -62 mm |
| Jul | 16.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 32 mm | -108 mm |
| Aug | 14.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 161 mm | +51 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 79 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 42 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 22.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 7 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 25.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 16 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Machalí?
Machalí has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 750 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Machalí?
The hottest day measured in Machalí between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Machalí?
The coldest day measured in Machalí between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1945, at -13.7 °C.
Does it snow in Machalí?
Yes. Machalí gets on average 12.3 cm of snow per year and has around 38 frost days.
Has the climate of Machalí warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Machalí.
What is the wettest day in Machalí?
The wettest day measured in Machalí between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Machalí?
The windiest day measured in Machalí between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1992, with winds reaching 19.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Machalí?
The warmest month in Machalí is January (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Machalí?
Machalí receives on average 750 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Machalí?
Machalí gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Machalí?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Machalí between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Machalí?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Machalí.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Machalí?
In Machalí, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.7 °C on 12 January 1941, and the lowest was -18.6 °C on 18 June 1945.
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