Peñaflor climate — normals and trends
Peñaflor (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 483 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 (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Peñaflor averages 16 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 43 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Peñaflor has changed by -0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 12 January 1941) and the coldest -8.5 °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
PeñaflorSantiago Metropolitan
- coords
- -33.61°, -70.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.8°C
Average daily high
22.2°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
483mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
12.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
43 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.5 cm
Average feels-like high
22.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.6 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · 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
39.6 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest day
-8.5 °C
9 July 1976
Wettest day
141 mm
3 June 2002
Windiest day
23.5 km/h
10 November 1947
Strongest gust
87.1 km/h
12 June 1940
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
12 January 1941
Coldest feels-like
-12.1 °C
9 July 1976
Snowiest day
5.5 cm
15 July 2017
Sunniest day
14.1 h
9 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 30.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 27.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 10 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 23.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 10 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 70 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 15.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 81 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 17.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 25 mm | -76 mm |
| Aug | 17.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 108 mm | +36 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 24.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 26.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 28.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 9 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Peñaflor?
Peñaflor has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 483 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Peñaflor?
The hottest day measured in Peñaflor between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1941, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Peñaflor?
The coldest day measured in Peñaflor between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1976, at -8.5 °C.
Does it snow in Peñaflor?
Almost never: Peñaflor sees virtually no snow, with about 16 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Peñaflor warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Peñaflor.
What is the wettest day in Peñaflor?
The wettest day measured in Peñaflor between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2002, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Peñaflor?
The windiest day measured in Peñaflor between 1940 and 2025 was 10 November 1947, with winds reaching 23.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Peñaflor?
The warmest month in Peñaflor is January (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Peñaflor?
Peñaflor receives on average 483 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 43 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Peñaflor?
Peñaflor gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Peñaflor?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Peñaflor between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2017, with 5.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Peñaflor?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Peñaflor.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Peñaflor?
In Peñaflor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 12 January 1941, and the lowest was -12.1 °C on 9 July 1976.
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