Valdivia weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇱 Chile · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Valdivia is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with February and March close behind. Valdivia averages about 2,528 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 33 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,528
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 1,130 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 160k
- Elevation
- 17 m
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When is the best time to visit Valdivia?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Valdivia is January, then February and March. The dullest month is June (17/100, 179 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Valdivia?
Valdivia gets a lot of sun: around 2,528 hours a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate January (88) from June (17), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 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 44% of the annual 1,130 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 88 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 33 mm | 11 | 14° / 57°F |
| February | 88 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 34 mm | 9 | 15° / 59°F |
| March | 84 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 53 mm | 7 | 14° / 57°F |
| April | 60 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 76 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| May | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 132 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| June | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 179 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| July | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 171 mm | 1 | 10° / 50°F |
| August | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 148 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| September | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 93 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| October | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 91 mm | 6 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 69 mm | 8 | 14° / 57°F |
| December | 84 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 51 mm | 10 | 14° / 57°F |
Sea temperature in Valdivia by month
The sea off Valdivia is warmest in February at around 15°C / 59°F, and coolest in July at 10°C / 50°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Temuco Chile · 89 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Puerto Montt Chile · 199 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 234 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 320 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
- Balmaceda Chile · 706 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Santiago Chile · 725 km · best in Mar · 3,263 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Osorno Chile · 107 km · 2,270 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Pucon Chile · 108 km · 2,661 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Chapelco/San Martin de los Andes Argentina · 173 km · 2,635 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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