Quintero climate — normals and trends
Quintero (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 305 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Quintero averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 27 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Quintero has changed by -0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.04 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.5 °C (on 16 February 1983) and the coldest 3.3 °C (on 1 August 1995).
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
QuinteroValparaiso
- coords
- -32.79°, -71.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.1°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
305mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
6.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
27 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.5 °C
Average feels-like low
10.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 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
-0.4 °C
since 1940
0.0 °C per decade · r² = 0.10 · p = 0.004
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
26.5 °C
16 February 1983
Coldest day
3.3 °C
1 August 1995
Wettest day
150 mm
3 June 2002
Windiest day
47.9 km/h
8 August 2015
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
24 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
27.5 °C
31 January 2024
Coldest feels-like
-1.5 °C
1 September 1974
Sunniest day
13.9 h
16 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 20.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 19.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 11 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 32 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 14.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 69 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 14.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 39 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 15.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 92 mm | +45 mm |
| Sep | 16.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 24 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 20.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quintero?
Quintero has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 305 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quintero?
The hottest day measured in Quintero between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1983, reaching 26.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quintero?
The coldest day measured in Quintero between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1995, at 3.3 °C.
Does it snow in Quintero?
Almost never: Quintero sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Quintero warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Quintero.
What is the wettest day in Quintero?
The wettest day measured in Quintero between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2002, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quintero?
The windiest day measured in Quintero between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quintero?
The warmest month in Quintero is January (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Quintero?
Quintero receives on average 305 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 27 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quintero?
Quintero gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Quintero?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Quintero.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quintero?
In Quintero, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.5 °C on 31 January 2024, and the lowest was -1.5 °C on 1 September 1974.
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