Balmaceda weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇱 Chile · small town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Balmaceda is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with January close behind. Balmaceda averages about 2,893 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 30 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,893
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 83/100
- Rain / year
- 586 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 46k
- Elevation
- 516 m
When is the best time to visit Balmaceda?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Balmaceda is February, then January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 74 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Balmaceda?
Balmaceda gets a lot of sun: around 2,893 hours a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate February (83) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 18 destinations in Chile for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,773 hours. The year's 586 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 31 mm | 10 |
| February | 83 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 30 mm | 8 |
| March | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 43 mm | 5 |
| April | 22 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 53 mm | 3 |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 74 mm | 1 |
| June | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 81 mm | 1 |
| July | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 58 mm | 1 |
| August | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 63 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 37 mm | 3 |
| October | 22 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 43 mm | 5 |
| November | 44 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 40 mm | 8 |
| December | 68 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 33 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Puerto Montt Chile · 510 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 532 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 781 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Punta Arenas Chile · 790 km · best in Feb · 1,460 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 1,023 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
- Santiago Chile · 1,395 km · best in Mar · 3,263 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Perito Moreno Argentina · 88 km · 2,869 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Las Heras Argentina · 221 km · 2,953 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Comodoro Rivadavia Argentina · 328 km · 2,924 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Esquel Argentina · 337 km · 2,670 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Gobernador Gregores Argentina · 339 km · 2,640 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Balmaceda compares month by month: Balmaceda vs Temuco · Balmaceda vs Puerto Montt · Balmaceda vs Punta Arenas · Balmaceda vs San Carlos de Bariloche · all comparisons
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