Climate and average weather in Coyhaique
In Coyhaique, the summers are mild, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Coyhaique typically varies from -4°C to 16°C, and is rarely below -11°C or above 24°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Coyhaique for warm-weather activities is from early January to mid March.
- Hottest
- Feb
- 16°
- Coldest
- Jul
- -4°
- Wettest
- Jun
- 173 mm
- Driest
- Feb
- 74 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1497 mm
- 175 wet days
- Daylight
- 8.5–15.5 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 299 m
- 45.6°S
- Clearest
- Feb
- 66% cloud
Coyhaique is capital city of both the Coihaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile.
- Air quality
- Very high
- PM2.5 40.5 µg/m³ · 2019
- Density
- 3,450/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1929
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Coyhaique weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to mid March.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Coyhaique, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.0 months, from November 26 to March 27, with daily high temperatures above 13°C. The hottest month of the year in Coyhaique is February, with an average high of 16°C and low of 6°C.
The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from May 24 to August 23, with daily high temperatures below 5°C. The coldest month of the year in Coyhaique is July, with an average low of -4°C and high of 3°C.
Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Avg low (°C) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -3 | -4 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16 | 6 |
| Feb | 16 | 6 |
| Mar | 14 | 4 |
| Apr | 10 | 2 |
| May | 6 | 0 |
| Jun | 3 | -3 |
| Jul | 3 | -4 |
| Aug | 5 | -2 |
| Sep | 7 | -1 |
| Oct | 10 | 1 |
| Nov | 12 | 3 |
| Dec | 14 | 5 |
How hot and cold Coyhaique really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -7°C (around July 6), with roughly 225 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 15 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Air high (°C) | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 4 | 4 | 2 | -1 | -3 | -6 | -7 | -5 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 2 |
| Air low (°C) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -3 | -4 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15 | 16 | 4 | 6 |
| Feb | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 |
| Mar | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| Apr | 10 | 10 | -1 | 2 |
| May | 6 | 6 | -3 | 0 |
| Jun | 3 | 3 | -6 | -3 |
| Jul | 3 | 3 | -7 | -4 |
| Aug | 5 | 5 | -5 | -2 |
| Sep | 7 | 7 | -4 | -1 |
| Oct | 10 | 10 | -2 | 1 |
| Nov | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| Dec | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
Average hourly temperature in Coyhaique
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 16°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near -4°C.
Coyhaique weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16° / 6° | 96 | 12.4 | 0.6 | 15.1 | 4.4 |
| Feb | 16° / 6° | 74 | 10 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 4.8 |
| Mar | 14° / 4° | 102 | 12.8 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 3.6 |
| Apr | 10° / 2° | 126 | 14.1 | 3.9 | 10.7 | 2.0 |
| May | 6° / -1° | 151 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 3° / -3° | 173 | 17.5 | 13.6 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 3° / -4° | 147 | 16.1 | 13.7 | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 5° / -3° | 161 | 16.8 | 14.6 | 10.1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 7° / -1° | 100 | 14.1 | 9.3 | 11.7 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 10° / 1° | 125 | 15.1 | 7.3 | 13.3 | 1.8 |
| Nov | 12° / 3° | 125 | 14.9 | 4 | 14.7 | 2.7 |
| Dec | 14° / 5° | 118 | 14.6 | 2.1 | 15.4 | 3.5 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Coyhaique gets about 1497 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 5.1 months, from around Apr 17 to Sep 18, peaking in June at about 57% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 14.
June is the wettest month by volume, with 173 mm over about 18 wet days; February is the driest, with 74 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 40 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 53 | 57 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 47 |
| Rain days | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40 | 12 |
| Feb | 37 | 10 |
| Mar | 41 | 13 |
| Apr | 47 | 14 |
| May | 53 | 16 |
| Jun | 57 | 18 |
| Jul | 53 | 16 |
| Aug | 53 | 17 |
| Sep | 48 | 14 |
| Oct | 48 | 15 |
| Nov | 49 | 15 |
| Dec | 47 | 15 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Coyhaique collects about 1497 mm of rain across 175 wet days — roughly 125 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 173 mm, while February is the driest at just 74 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 96 | 74 | 102 | 126 | 151 | 173 | 147 | 161 | 100 | 125 | 125 | 118 |
| Rain days | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Snow days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 96 | 12 | 1 |
| Feb | 74 | 10 | 1 |
| Mar | 102 | 13 | 1 |
| Apr | 126 | 14 | 4 |
| May | 151 | 16 | 8 |
| Jun | 173 | 18 | 14 |
| Jul | 147 | 16 | 14 |
| Aug | 161 | 17 | 15 |
| Sep | 100 | 14 | 9 |
| Oct | 125 | 15 | 7 |
| Nov | 125 | 15 | 4 |
| Dec | 118 | 15 | 2 |
Snow in Coyhaique
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Coyhaique averages about 78 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Jan 27 to Jan 14 — about 11.6 months.
August is snowiest, with roughly 14 days of snow and an estimated 110 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 538 cm of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Snowfall (cm) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 62 | 102 | 97 | 110 | 54 | 50 | 22 | 9 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (cm) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1 | 1 |
| Feb | 1 | 2 |
| Mar | 1 | 4 |
| Apr | 4 | 26 |
| May | 8 | 62 |
| Jun | 14 | 102 |
| Jul | 14 | 97 |
| Aug | 15 | 110 |
| Sep | 9 | 54 |
| Oct | 7 | 50 |
| Nov | 4 | 22 |
| Dec | 2 | 9 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Coyhaique, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around December 28 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around April 14. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 33% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around April 15 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around September 30. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 85% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 30 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 23 |
| Cloudier (%) | 70 | 67 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 80 | 79 | 76 | 77 | 77 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 70 |
| Feb | 33 | 67 |
| Mar | 28 | 72 |
| Apr | 22 | 78 |
| May | 15 | 85 |
| Jun | 15 | 85 |
| Jul | 17 | 83 |
| Aug | 20 | 80 |
| Sep | 21 | 79 |
| Oct | 24 | 76 |
| Nov | 23 | 77 |
| Dec | 23 | 77 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 13, brings about 15 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around June 14, only 8 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 7 hours.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 15.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:24 | 7:05 | 7:46 | 8:27 | 9:05 | 9:33 | 9:29 | 8:51 | 7:52 | 6:54 | 6:11 | 6:00 |
| Sunset (PM) | 9:31 | 9:00 | 8:10 | 7:10 | 6:24 | 6:04 | 6:19 | 6:54 | 7:33 | 8:13 | 8:56 | 9:29 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.1 | 6:24 | 9:31 |
| Feb | 13.9 | 7:05 | 9:00 |
| Mar | 12.4 | 7:46 | 8:10 |
| Apr | 10.7 | 8:27 | 7:10 |
| May | 9.3 | 9:05 | 6:24 |
| Jun | 8.6 | 9:33 | 6:04 |
| Jul | 8.9 | 9:29 | 6:19 |
| Aug | 10.1 | 8:51 | 6:54 |
| Sep | 11.7 | 7:52 | 7:33 |
| Oct | 13.3 | 6:54 | 8:13 |
| Nov | 14.7 | 6:11 | 8:56 |
| Dec | 15.4 | 6:00 | 9:29 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Coyhaique averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 7 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around Dec 28 to Apr 16. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).
The greyest month is May, down near 2 sunny days — about 65% fewer than the February peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 6 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 5 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 4 | Gloomy |
| May | 2 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 2 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 2 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 3 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 3 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 4 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 3 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 4 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Coyhaique, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Dry (%) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 100 |
| Feb | 100 |
| Mar | 100 |
| Apr | 100 |
| May | 100 |
| Jun | 100 |
| Jul | 100 |
| Aug | 100 |
| Sep | 100 |
| Oct | 100 |
| Nov | 100 |
| Dec | 100 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Coyhaique is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.3 months, from around Oct 7 to Mar 17. The windiest month is December, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 18 to Oct 6, with June the calmest month at about 7 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | calm |
| Feb | 9 | calm |
| Mar | 9 | calm |
| Apr | 8 | calm |
| May | 7 | calm |
| Jun | 7 | calm |
| Jul | 7 | calm |
| Aug | 7 | calm |
| Sep | 8 | calm |
| Oct | 9 | calm |
| Nov | 10 | calm |
| Dec | 11 | calm |
Best time to visit Coyhaique
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Coyhaique throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid January, Coyhaique is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Coyhaique for general outdoor tourist activities is from early January to mid March, with a peak score in the second week of February.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 | fair |
| Feb | 4.7 | fair |
| Mar | 3.6 | fair |
| Apr | 2.0 | poor |
| May | 0.6 | poor |
| Jun | 0.0 | poor |
| Jul | 0.0 | poor |
| Aug | 0.1 | poor |
| Sep | 0.8 | poor |
| Oct | 1.8 | poor |
| Nov | 2.7 | poor |
| Dec | 3.5 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Coyhaique rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Coyhaique, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around February (highs near 16°C), the essentials are a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 3°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.
In February, Coyhaique sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Coyhaique by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Coyhaique peaks around January 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 1 (low).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | High | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | High | Very high | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | Extreme |
| Feb | 10 | Extreme |
| Mar | 6 | High |
| Apr | 4 | Moderate |
| May | 2 | Moderate |
| Jun | 1 | Low |
| Jul | 2 | Low |
| Aug | 2 | Low |
| Sep | 4 | Moderate |
| Oct | 7 | High |
| Nov | 8 | Very high |
| Dec | 11 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Coyhaique
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 9.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.5 | 7 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 6.5 | 2 |
| Apr | 3 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 4 | 0 |
| Oct | 7 | 2.5 |
| Nov | 8 | 4.5 |
| Dec | 9.5 | 7 |
Air quality in Coyhaique by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Coyhaique is worst in November — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (July, 26 µg/m³).
Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Coyhaique's WHO annual average of 40.5 µg/m³.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 52 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 36 | 41 | 52 | 58 | 52 |
| Level | Poor | Poor | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Poor | Poor | Poor | Unhealthy | Poor |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 52 | Poor |
| Feb | 44 | Poor |
| Mar | 38 | Poor |
| Apr | 31 | Moderate |
| May | 27 | Moderate |
| Jun | 27 | Moderate |
| Jul | 26 | Moderate |
| Aug | 36 | Poor |
| Sep | 41 | Poor |
| Oct | 52 | Poor |
| Nov | 58 | Unhealthy |
| Dec | 52 | Poor |
Growing season
The growing season in Coyhaique typically lasts about 219 days, from around October 6 to May 12 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from November 26 to March 23.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 99 | 99 | 93 | 72 | 45 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 83 | 96 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 99 | 0 |
| Feb | 99 | 0 |
| Mar | 93 | 9 |
| Apr | 72 | 30 |
| May | 45 | 31 |
| Jun | 22 | 30 |
| Jul | 20 | 31 |
| Aug | 23 | 31 |
| Sep | 35 | 30 |
| Oct | 58 | 31 |
| Nov | 83 | 25 |
| Dec | 96 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Coyhaique banks about 53 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 24 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 24 |
| Feb | 27 |
| Mar | 1 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 0 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 0 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 0 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Coyhaique receives about 3.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.2 and 6.7 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Sep 21 to Mar 17. The brightest month is December, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 1.2 kWh/m² — roughly 82% less than the December peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| Level | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Dim | Dim | Dim | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 | Intense |
| Feb | 5.5 | Bright |
| Mar | 3.9 | Moderate |
| Apr | 2.5 | Moderate |
| May | 1.4 | Dim |
| Jun | 1.2 | Dim |
| Jul | 1.4 | Dim |
| Aug | 2.2 | Moderate |
| Sep | 3.6 | Moderate |
| Oct | 5.2 | Bright |
| Nov | 6.2 | Intense |
| Dec | 6.7 | Intense |
Where is Coyhaique?
Coyhaique sits at 45.6°S, 72.1°W, 299 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Puerto Aysén, 52 km away.
Topography around Coyhaique
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Coyhaique.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Coyhaique has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 785 m around an average of 360 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,518 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,536 m.
The land around Coyhaique is covered by grassland (41%), trees (36%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (44%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.
Chile travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type C / F / L
- 220 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 48% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $17,995
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.3 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 98%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 6.3
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 14.9
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- English
- Moderate
- EF EPI 517
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Coyhaique (-45.5752°, -72.0662°, elevation 299 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).