Coyhaique weather in September

In September, Coyhaique sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 100 mm of precipitation across 14.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Coyhaique's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Coyhaique's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 100 mm; 14.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:52 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.8; out of 10

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.

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical September day in Coyhaique reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 2°C warmer than August and about 3°C cooler than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Avg low (°C)	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-2
2	6	-2
3	6	-2
4	6	-2
5	6	-2
6	6	-2
7	6	-2
8	6	-2
9	6	-1
10	7	-1
11	7	-1
12	7	-1
13	7	-1
14	7	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-1
17	7	-1
18	7	-1
19	8	-1
20	8	-1
21	8	-1
22	8	-1
23	8	-1
24	8	0
25	8	0
26	8	0
27	8	0
28	8	0
29	9	0
30	9	0

How September really feels in Coyhaique

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in September is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Coyhaique weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23
Cloudier (%)	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	81	81	80	80	80	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	23	77
30	23	77

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitationSnow

Coyhaique gets around 100 mm of rain and snow over 14.1 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 48% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	50	50	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45
Snow chance (%)	39	39	38	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	39
2	50	39
3	49	38
4	49	37
5	48	36
6	48	36
7	48	35
8	48	34
9	48	34
10	48	33
11	49	33
12	49	33
13	49	32
14	49	32
15	49	32
16	49	31
17	49	31
18	48	30
19	48	30
20	47	29
21	47	29
22	47	29
23	46	28
24	46	28
25	46	27
26	45	27
27	45	27
28	45	26
29	45	26
30	45	25

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of September feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in September

Winds average 8 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 8:22 AM to 7:24 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:51 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:22	8:20	8:18	8:16	8:14	8:12	8:10	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:02	8:00	7:58	7:56	7:54	7:52	7:50	7:48	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24
Sunset (PM)	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	8:22	7:14
2	10.9	8:20	7:15
3	11.0	8:18	7:17
4	11.0	8:16	7:18
5	11.1	8:14	7:19
6	11.1	8:12	7:20
7	11.2	8:10	7:22
8	11.2	8:08	7:23
9	11.3	8:06	7:24
10	11.4	8:04	7:26
11	11.4	8:02	7:27
12	11.5	8:00	7:28
13	11.5	7:58	7:29
14	11.6	7:56	7:31
15	11.6	7:54	7:32
16	11.7	7:52	7:33
17	11.7	7:50	7:34
18	11.8	7:48	7:36
19	11.8	7:46	7:37
20	11.9	7:44	7:38
21	12.0	7:42	7:39
22	12.0	7:40	7:41
23	12.1	7:38	7:42
24	12.1	7:36	7:43
25	12.2	7:34	7:45
26	12.2	7:32	7:46
27	12.3	7:30	7:47
28	12.3	7:28	7:49
29	12.4	7:26	7:50
30	12.5	7:24	7:51

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 3.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in December across the year — September's 3.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Coyhaique?

Our two travel scores rate September for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Coyhaique.

What to pack for Coyhaique in September

From September's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In September, Coyhaique sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Coyhaique in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

Air quality in Coyhaique in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September falls, not just the annual 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

Location & terrain

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.

3 km

785 m

grassland 41%

16 km

1,518 m

trees 50%

80 km

2,536 m

trees 44%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

← August Coyhaique year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Puerto Aysén 52 km · Las Heras 265 km · Quellón 300 km · Esquel 302 km · Pico Truncado 344 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 356 km · Caleta Olivia 364 km · Castro 371 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-2
2	6	-2
3	6	-2
4	6	-2
5	6	-2
6	6	-2
7	6	-2
8	6	-2
9	6	-1
10	7	-1
11	7	-1
12	7	-1
13	7	-1
14	7	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-1
17	7	-1
18	7	-1
19	8	-1
20	8	-1
21	8	-1
22	8	-1
23	8	-1
24	8	0
25	8	0
26	8	0
27	8	0
28	8	0
29	9	0
30	9	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	39
2	50	39
3	49	38
4	49	37
5	48	36
6	48	36
7	48	35
8	48	34
9	48	34
10	48	33
11	49	33
12	49	33
13	49	32
14	49	32
15	49	32
16	49	31
17	49	31
18	48	30
19	48	30
20	47	29
21	47	29
22	47	29
23	46	28
24	46	28
25	46	27
26	45	27
27	45	27
28	45	26
29	45	26
30	45	25

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-2
2	6	-2
3	6	-2
4	6	-2
5	6	-2
6	6	-2
7	6	-2
8	6	-2
9	6	-1
10	7	-1
11	7	-1
12	7	-1
13	7	-1
14	7	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-1
17	7	-1
18	7	-1
19	8	-1
20	8	-1
21	8	-1
22	8	-1
23	8	-1
24	8	0
25	8	0
26	8	0
27	8	0
28	8	0
29	9	0
30	9	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	39
2	50	39
3	49	38
4	49	37
5	48	36
6	48	36
7	48	35
8	48	34
9	48	34
10	48	33
11	49	33
12	49	33
13	49	32
14	49	32
15	49	32
16	49	31
17	49	31
18	48	30
19	48	30
20	47	29
21	47	29
22	47	29
23	46	28
24	46	28
25	46	27
26	45	27
27	45	27
28	45	26
29	45	26
30	45	25

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	-2
2	6	-2
3	6	-2
4	6	-2
5	6	-2
6	6	-2
7	6	-2
8	6	-2
9	6	-1
10	7	-1
11	7	-1
12	7	-1
13	7	-1
14	7	-1
15	7	-1
16	7	-1
17	7	-1
18	7	-1
19	8	-1
20	8	-1
21	8	-1
22	8	-1
23	8	-1
24	8	0
25	8	0
26	8	0
27	8	0
28	8	0
29	9	0
30	9	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	39
2	50	39
3	49	38
4	49	37
5	48	36
6	48	36
7	48	35
8	48	34
9	48	34
10	48	33
11	49	33
12	49	33
13	49	32
14	49	32
15	49	32
16	49	31
17	49	31
18	48	30
19	48	30
20	47	29
21	47	29
22	47	29
23	46	28
24	46	28
25	46	27
26	45	27
27	45	27
28	45	26
29	45	26
30	45	25

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100