Melipilla climate — normals and trends
Melipilla (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 459 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 (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (8.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Melipilla averages 6 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Melipilla has changed by -0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.06 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 12 January 1941) and the coldest -6.0 °C (on 9 July 1976).
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
MelipillaSantiago Metropolitan
- coords
- -33.69°, -71.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.4°C
Average daily high
21.0°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
459mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
11.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
42 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
20.7 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.6 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.11 · p = 0.002
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
38.4 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest day
-6.0 °C
9 July 1976
Wettest day
117 mm
4 July 1984
Windiest day
31.1 km/h
6 July 2010
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
8 August 2015
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest feels-like
-10.2 °C
9 July 1976
Snowiest day
4.5 cm
15 July 2017
Sunniest day
14.1 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 | 27.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 27.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 25.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 15 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 21.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 6 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 75 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 14.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 81 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 16.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 38 mm | -61 mm |
| Aug | 16.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 95 mm | +28 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 45 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 23.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 2 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 23.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 26.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 3 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Melipilla?
Melipilla has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 459 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Melipilla?
The hottest day measured in Melipilla between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Melipilla?
The coldest day measured in Melipilla between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1976, at -6.0 °C.
Does it snow in Melipilla?
Almost never: Melipilla sees virtually no snow, with about 6 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Melipilla warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Melipilla.
What is the wettest day in Melipilla?
The wettest day measured in Melipilla between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Melipilla?
The windiest day measured in Melipilla between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2010, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Melipilla?
The warmest month in Melipilla is January (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Melipilla?
Melipilla receives on average 459 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Melipilla?
Melipilla gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Melipilla?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Melipilla between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2017, with 4.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Melipilla?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Melipilla.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Melipilla?
In Melipilla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 12 January 1941, and the lowest was -10.2 °C on 9 July 1976.
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