Viña del Mar climate — normals and trends
Viña del Mar (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 321 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Viña del Mar averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 28 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Viña del Mar has changed by -0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.05 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.0 °C (on 20 March 2015) and the coldest 1.7 °C (on 9 July 1976).
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
Viña del MarValparaiso
- coords
- -33.02°, -71.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.0°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
11.1°C
Annual rainfall
321mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
6.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
28 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
9.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.7 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
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.10 · p = 0.002
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
27.0 °C
20 March 2015
Coldest day
1.7 °C
9 July 1976
Wettest day
138 mm
3 June 2002
Windiest day
52.4 km/h
12 June 1940
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
12 June 1940
Hottest feels-like
28.1 °C
31 January 2024
Coldest feels-like
-2.5 °C
20 June 1945
Snowiest day
0.4 cm
15 July 2017
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 December 1947
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 | 20.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 20.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 19.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 7 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 34 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 14.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 72 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 14.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 44 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 15.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 86 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 29 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 17.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 18.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 20.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Viña del Mar?
Viña del Mar has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 321 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Viña del Mar?
The hottest day measured in Viña del Mar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2015, reaching 27.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Viña del Mar?
The coldest day measured in Viña del Mar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1976, at 1.7 °C.
Does it snow in Viña del Mar?
Almost never: Viña del Mar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Viña del Mar warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Viña del Mar.
What is the wettest day in Viña del Mar?
The wettest day measured in Viña del Mar between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2002, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Viña del Mar?
The windiest day measured in Viña del Mar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1940, with winds reaching 52.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Viña del Mar?
The warmest month in Viña del Mar is January (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Viña del Mar?
Viña del Mar receives on average 321 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Viña del Mar?
Viña del Mar gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Viña del Mar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Viña del Mar between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2017, with 0.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Viña del Mar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Viña del Mar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Viña del Mar?
In Viña del Mar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.1 °C on 31 January 2024, and the lowest was -2.5 °C on 20 June 1945.
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