Ñuñoa climate — normals and trends
Ñuñoa (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 703 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ñuñoa averages 75 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Ñuñoa between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 12 January 1941) and the coldest -13.8 °C (on 6 July 1969).
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
ÑuñoaSantiago Metropolitan
- coords
- -33.45°, -70.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
17.0°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
703mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
135.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 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
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
32.3 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest day
-13.8 °C
6 July 1969
Wettest day
135 mm
4 July 1984
Windiest day
18.1 km/h
4 December 1956
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
26 May 2012
Hottest feels-like
32.5 °C
2 February 1973
Coldest feels-like
-19.0 °C
8 July 1969
Snowiest day
62.4 cm
4 July 1984
Sunniest day
14.2 h
18 December 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 26.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 22.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 17 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 7 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 15.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 72 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 9.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 90 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 12.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 25 mm | -90 mm |
| Aug | 11.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 150 mm | +57 mm |
| Sep | 15.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 53 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 54 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 20.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 30 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 22.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 44 mm | +18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ñuñoa?
Ñuñoa has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 703 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ñuñoa?
The hottest day measured in Ñuñoa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ñuñoa?
The coldest day measured in Ñuñoa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1969, at -13.8 °C.
Does it snow in Ñuñoa?
Yes. Ñuñoa gets on average 135.1 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Ñuñoa warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Ñuñoa.
What is the wettest day in Ñuñoa?
The wettest day measured in Ñuñoa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ñuñoa?
The windiest day measured in Ñuñoa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1956, with winds reaching 18.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ñuñoa?
The warmest month in Ñuñoa is January (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Ñuñoa?
Ñuñoa receives on average 703 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ñuñoa?
Ñuñoa 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 Ñuñoa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ñuñoa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 62.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ñuñoa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ñuñoa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ñuñoa?
In Ñuñoa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.5 °C on 2 February 1973, and the lowest was -19.0 °C on 8 July 1969.
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