Frutillar weather in May

In May, Frutillar sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 190 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of May to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Frutillar's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Frutillar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 190 mm; 16.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 8:57 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 11th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 1.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Frutillar is city in Chile.

Density: 2,295/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1856

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical May day in Frutillar reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	8
2	14	8
3	14	8
4	14	8
5	14	8
6	14	8
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	7
21	12	7
22	12	7
23	12	7
24	12	6
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	12	6
30	12	6
31	12	6

Frutillar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 11°	55	7.8	14.6	6.7
Feb	20° / 11°	58	7	13.6	6.8
Mar	18° / 10°	82	9.8	12.3	6.0
Apr	15° / 8°	123	12.7	10.9	4.4
May	13° / 7°	190	16.4	9.7	3.0
Jun	11° / 6°	234	19.3	9.1	2.0
Jul	10° / 5°	212	18.4	9.3	1.9
Aug	11° / 5°	202	18.9	10.4	2.2
Sep	13° / 6°	128	14.8	11.7	3.0
Oct	15° / 7°	118	14.8	13.1	3.8
Nov	16° / 8°	89	12.1	14.3	4.7
Dec	18° / 10°	79	10.5	14.9	5.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	30	29	29	28	28	27	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	24	23	24
Cloudier (%)	70	71	71	72	72	73	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	76	77	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	25	75
29	24	76
30	23	77
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Frutillar gets around 190 mm of rain over 16.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 53% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	53	53	54	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	61	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	47
9	48
10	49
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	53
17	54
18	55
19	56
20	56
21	57
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	59
27	59
28	60
29	60
30	61
31	61

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 99% 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	31
Dry (%)	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of May to 9 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:42 AM to 9:11 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:28 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	31
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:58	8:59	9:00	9:01	9:02	9:03	9:04	9:05	9:06	9:07	9:08	9:08	9:09	9:10	9:11
Sunset (PM)	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:42	6:57
2	10.2	8:43	6:56
3	10.2	8:44	6:55
4	10.1	8:45	6:53
5	10.1	8:46	6:52
6	10.1	8:47	6:51
7	10.0	8:48	6:50
8	10.0	8:49	6:48
9	10.0	8:50	6:47
10	9.9	8:51	6:46
11	9.9	8:52	6:45
12	9.8	8:53	6:44
13	9.8	8:54	6:43
14	9.8	8:55	6:42
15	9.7	8:56	6:41
16	9.7	8:57	6:40
17	9.7	8:58	6:39
18	9.6	8:59	6:38
19	9.6	9:00	6:37
20	9.6	9:01	6:36
21	9.5	9:02	6:35
22	9.5	9:03	6:34
23	9.5	9:04	6:33
24	9.5	9:05	6:33
25	9.4	9:06	6:32
26	9.4	9:07	6:31
27	9.4	9:08	6:31
28	9.4	9:08	6:30
29	9.3	9:09	6:29
30	9.3	9:10	6:29
31	9.3	9:11	6:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 1.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 1.66 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.0	Moderate
4	2.0	Dim
5	2.0	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.6	Dim
19	1.6	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.5	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.5	Dim
24	1.5	Dim
25	1.5	Dim
26	1.4	Dim
27	1.4	Dim
28	1.4	Dim
29	1.4	Dim
30	1.4	Dim
31	1.4	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Frutillar

In seasonPeak

In May, Frutillar sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Frutillar's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Frutillar?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Frutillar.

What to pack for Frutillar in May

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

In May, Frutillar sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 16 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Frutillar in May

The nearest coast averages about 11°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 58 km away) is warmest in January at about 16°C and coldest in August near 10°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	15	13	11	11	11	10	11	12	13	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Frutillar in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Frutillar peaks around December 23 at about 12 (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)	12	11	7	4	2	1	2	2	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	2	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Frutillar?

Frutillar sits at 41.1°S, 73.1°W, 151 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Llanquihue, 16 km away.

Topography around Frutillar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Frutillar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Frutillar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 140 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,668 m.

The land around Frutillar is covered by grassland (58%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), trees (22%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

grassland 58%

16 km

178 m

grassland 45%

80 km

2,668 m

trees 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← April Frutillar year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Llanquihue 16 km · Puerto Varas 23 km · Purranque 25 km · Puerto Montt 40 km · Osorno 61 km · Maullín 71 km · Calbuco 73 km · Río Bueno 88 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 Frutillar (-41.1216°, -73.0581°, elevation 151 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. 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	14	8
2	14	8
3	14	8
4	14	8
5	14	8
6	14	8
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	7
21	12	7
22	12	7
23	12	7
24	12	6
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	12	6
30	12	6
31	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	25	75
29	24	76
30	23	77
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	47
9	48
10	49
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	53
17	54
18	55
19	56
20	56
21	57
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	59
27	59
28	60
29	60
30	61
31	61

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	8
2	14	8
3	14	8
4	14	8
5	14	8
6	14	8
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	7
21	12	7
22	12	7
23	12	7
24	12	6
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	12	6
30	12	6
31	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	25	75
29	24	76
30	23	77
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	47
9	48
10	49
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	53
17	54
18	55
19	56
20	56
21	57
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	59
27	59
28	60
29	60
30	61
31	61

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	8
2	14	8
3	14	8
4	14	8
5	14	8
6	14	8
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	7
21	12	7
22	12	7
23	12	7
24	12	6
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	12	6
30	12	6
31	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	25	75
29	24	76
30	23	77
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	47
8	47
9	48
10	49
11	49
12	50
13	51
14	52
15	53
16	53
17	54
18	55
19	56
20	56
21	57
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	59
27	59
28	60
29	60
30	61
31	61

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0