Villa Mercedes climate — normals and trends
Villa Mercedes (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 1,712 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Villa Mercedes averages 25 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Villa Mercedes between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 3 February 2023) and the coldest -13.5 °C (on 31 July 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
Villa MercedesBiobio
- coords
- -37.40°, -71.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,712mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
10.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.6 cm
Average feels-like high
16.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 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
38.6 °C
3 February 2023
Coldest day
-13.5 °C
31 July 1995
Wettest day
163 mm
11 July 2006
Windiest day
54.6 km/h
26 May 2002
Strongest gust
126.7 km/h
11 July 1987
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
6 February 1990
Coldest feels-like
-18.0 °C
31 July 1995
Snowiest day
13.2 cm
26 June 1946
Sunniest day
14.6 h
13 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 | 27.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 9 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 26.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 6 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 23.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 70 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 144 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 13.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 217 mm | -55 mm |
| Jun | 11.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 171 mm | -162 mm |
| Jul | 12.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 275 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 14.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 149 mm | -80 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 156 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 62 mm | -46 mm |
| Nov | 21.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 31 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 24.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 56 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Villa Mercedes?
Villa Mercedes has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 1,712 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Villa Mercedes?
The hottest day measured in Villa Mercedes between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2023, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Villa Mercedes?
The coldest day measured in Villa Mercedes between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1995, at -13.5 °C.
Does it snow in Villa Mercedes?
Yes. Villa Mercedes gets on average 2.6 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Villa Mercedes warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Villa Mercedes.
What is the wettest day in Villa Mercedes?
The wettest day measured in Villa Mercedes between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2006, with 163 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Villa Mercedes?
The windiest day measured in Villa Mercedes between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2002, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Villa Mercedes?
The warmest month in Villa Mercedes is January (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Villa Mercedes?
Villa Mercedes receives on average 1,712 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Villa Mercedes?
Villa Mercedes gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Villa Mercedes?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Villa Mercedes between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1946, with 13.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Villa Mercedes?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Villa Mercedes.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Villa Mercedes?
In Villa Mercedes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 6 February 1990, and the lowest was -18.0 °C on 31 July 1995.
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