Villarrica climate — normals and trends
Villarrica (Chile) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 2,560 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 February (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Villarrica averages 10 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Villarrica has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 24 January 1944) and the coldest -9.7 °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
VillarricaAraucania
- coords
- -39.29°, -72.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,560mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
9.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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
37.8 °C
24 January 1944
Coldest day
-9.7 °C
9 July 2007
Wettest day
151 mm
17 June 1976
Windiest day
42.3 km/h
4 June 1949
Strongest gust
124.6 km/h
7 July 2003
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
10 January 2013
Coldest feels-like
-14.3 °C
9 July 2007
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
1 July 1940
Sunniest day
14.7 h
6 December 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 48 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 23.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 31 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 20.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 152 mm | +48 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 300 mm | +105 mm |
| May | 11.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 266 mm | -103 mm |
| Jun | 9.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 229 mm | -201 mm |
| Jul | 11.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 273 mm | -112 mm |
| Aug | 12.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 222 mm | -100 mm |
| Sep | 13.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 294 mm | +79 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 135 mm | -40 mm |
| Nov | 19.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 76 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 20.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 103 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Villarrica?
Villarrica has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 2,560 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Villarrica?
The hottest day measured in Villarrica between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1944, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Villarrica?
The coldest day measured in Villarrica between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2007, at -9.7 °C.
Does it snow in Villarrica?
Yes. Villarrica gets on average 21.6 cm of snow per year and has around 10 frost days.
Has the climate of Villarrica warmed?
Yes: Villarrica warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Villarrica?
The wettest day measured in Villarrica between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1976, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Villarrica?
The windiest day measured in Villarrica between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 1949, with winds reaching 42.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Villarrica?
The warmest month in Villarrica is February (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Villarrica?
Villarrica receives on average 2,560 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Villarrica?
Villarrica gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Villarrica?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Villarrica between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1940, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Villarrica?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Villarrica.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Villarrica?
In Villarrica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 10 January 2013, and the lowest was -14.3 °C on 9 July 2007.
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