Puerto Varas climate — normals and trends
Puerto Varas (Chile) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 1,930 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 (14.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Puerto Varas averages 3 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.
Puerto Varas has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 25 January 1944) and the coldest -3.8 °C (on 9 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
Puerto VarasLos Lagos Region
- coords
- -41.32°, -72.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,930mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
7.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
190 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
41.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
34.9 °C
25 January 1944
Coldest day
-3.8 °C
9 July 2007
Wettest day
100 mm
1 June 1977
Windiest day
62.3 km/h
3 August 1993
Strongest gust
125.6 km/h
9 May 1980
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
19 January 2013
Coldest feels-like
-8.1 °C
9 July 2007
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
19 June 1949
Sunniest day
14.7 h
9 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 55 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 19.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 69 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 109 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 206 mm | +45 mm |
| May | 12.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 252 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 9.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 230 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 10.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 215 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 12.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 179 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 13.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 188 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 190 mm | +48 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 69 mm | -44 mm |
| Dec | 18.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 96 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Varas?
Puerto Varas has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 1,930 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Varas?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Varas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1944, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Varas?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Varas between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2007, at -3.8 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Varas?
Yes. Puerto Varas gets on average 2.9 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Puerto Varas warmed?
Yes: Puerto Varas warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Varas?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Varas between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1977, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Varas?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Varas between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1993, with winds reaching 62.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Varas?
The warmest month in Puerto Varas is January (14.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Varas?
Puerto Varas receives on average 1,930 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Varas?
Puerto Varas gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Puerto Varas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puerto Varas between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1949, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Varas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Puerto Varas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Varas?
In Puerto Varas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 19 January 2013, and the lowest was -8.1 °C on 9 July 2007.
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