Vicuña climate — normals and trends
Vicuña (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 271 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Vicuña averages 36 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 47 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Vicuña between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.3 °C (on 5 December 1972) and the coldest -12.9 °C (on 9 August 1958).
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
VicuñaCoquimbo Region
- coords
- -30.04°, -70.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
271mm
Sunshine / day
11.4h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
8.5km/h
Seasonal range
11.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
36 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
47 d/yr
Annual snowfall
30.5 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.9 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
29.3 °C
5 December 1972
Coldest day
-12.9 °C
9 August 1958
Wettest day
97 mm
17 August 1997
Windiest day
14.8 km/h
20 September 1956
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
24 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
31.0 °C
16 January 1998
Coldest feels-like
-18.0 °C
9 August 1958
Snowiest day
33.6 cm
17 August 1997
Sunniest day
13.7 h
30 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 6 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 24.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 22.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 20.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 14.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 32 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 16.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 9 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 13.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 107 mm | +69 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 6 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 20.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 8 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 21.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 18 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vicuña?
Vicuña has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 271 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vicuña?
The hottest day measured in Vicuña between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 1972, reaching 29.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vicuña?
The coldest day measured in Vicuña between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1958, at -12.9 °C.
Does it snow in Vicuña?
Yes. Vicuña gets on average 30.5 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.
Has the climate of Vicuña warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Vicuña.
What is the wettest day in Vicuña?
The wettest day measured in Vicuña between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1997, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vicuña?
The windiest day measured in Vicuña between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 1956, with winds reaching 14.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vicuña?
The warmest month in Vicuña is January (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Vicuña?
Vicuña receives on average 271 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 47 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vicuña?
Vicuña gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vicuña?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vicuña between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 1997, with 33.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vicuña?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vicuña.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vicuña?
In Vicuña, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.0 °C on 16 January 1998, and the lowest was -18.0 °C on 9 August 1958.
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