Pucon weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇱 Chile · small town · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Pucon is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with February and March close behind. Pucon averages about 2,661 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 32 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,661

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

89/100

Rain / year

1,069 mm

Snow / year

≈45 cm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

27k

Elevation

260 m

When is the best time to visit Pucon?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Pucon is January, then February and March. The dullest month is June (11/100, 176 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Pucon?

Pucon gets a lot of sun: around 2,661 hours a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate January (89) from June (11), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #10 of 18 destinations in Chile for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,773 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 45% of the annual 1,069 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Temuco Chile · 75 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
• San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 216 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
• Puerto Montt Chile · 259 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
• Concepcion Chile · 298 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
• Santiago Chile · 664 km · best in Mar · 3,263 h sun/yr
• Balmaceda Chile · 737 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Valdivia Chile · 108 km · 2,528 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Chapelco/San Martin de los Andes Argentina · 110 km · 2,635 h sun/yr · best in Feb
• Osorno Chile · 176 km · 2,270 h sun/yr · best in Feb