Climate
Puerto Montt has a wet oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) with heavy rainfall throughout the year and only a very minor drying trend in the summer. Although temperatures are consistently cool, frosts are very rare and occur only a couple of times per month in the winter.
| Climate data for Puerto Montt | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 90.1 (3.547) |
93.3 (3.673) |
98.9 (3.894) |
143.3 (5.642) |
234.1 (9.217) |
223.8 (8.811) |
228.7 (9.004) |
208.5 (8.209) |
145.9 (5.744) |
120.9 (4.76) |
111.9 (4.406) |
103.1 (4.059) |
1,802.5 (70.965) |
| % humidity | 81 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 83.8 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 222 |
| Source #1: Meteolología Interactiva | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: ClimateTempInfo | |||||||||||||
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