Pucón weather month by month

This guide shows the average climate, not a forecast: for the weather on your dates, check meteochile.gob.cl. For clothing, see the guide What to pack for Araucanía by season.

Pucón weather month by month

Chile's Meteorological Office (DMC) has a station at Pucón airfield, but it has only been running since 2022 and does not yet have 30-year normals (source: Pucón Aeródromo station record, climatologia.meteochile.gob.cl, checked October 2026). So we use the Pucón station of the Dirección General de Aguas (DGA), at 230 m, with 1991-2020 averages calculated in the CR2 Climate Explorer.

Source: Pucón station (DGA 09420002, 230 m), 1991-2020 averages from the CR2 Climate Explorer (explorador.cr2.cl), checked on October 15, 2026. Temperatures have data for 73% to 86% of those years and rainfall for 93% to 100%. Rainy days = days with 1 mm or more, calculated by araucania.tours from the same station's daily data (complete months only). These are not official normals of Chile's Meteorological Office.

What the numbers say

• It rains all year. Adding up the monthly averages gives about 2,140 mm a year, and June, July and August account for about 43% of it (source: same table).
• Summer is the driest season, not a dry one: January and February average 5 to 6 rainy days, against almost 19 in June (same source).
• Average lows stay above 4 °C in every month at the town station (same source), although a single night can be much colder.

What to expect each season

• Summer (December to February): average highs of 21 to 24 °C and lows of 9 to 11 °C (source: table).
• Autumn (March to May): March is still mild (21.3 °C average high), but by May rainfall is over 240 mm (same source).
• Winter (June to August): highs of 11 to 12 °C and 271 to 379 mm of rain a month (same source). It is snow season on the volcano.
• Spring (September to November): temperatures rise (from 14.8 to 18.8 °C average high) and rain eases, although October still averages almost 13 rainy days (same source).

Best time to go, depending on what you want

• Beaches and lakes: January and February, the warmest and driest months (source: table). On Villarrica Lake, each year's maximum surface temperature ranged from 17.35 to 21.65 °C in measurements from 1986 to 2020 (source: Rodríguez-López et al., Scientific Reports, November 17, 2025).
• Snow and skiing: Centro de Montaña Pillán, on the slopes of Villarrica Volcano, opened its runs for the 2026 season on June 28 (source: BioBioChile, June 30, 2026). Check with the resort that it is operating before you go.
• Hiking: December to March has the fewest rainy days (5 to 8 a month, per the table). In winter, with 17 to 19 rainy days a month (same source), trails are usually wet.

Villarrica, Caburgua and Curarrehue

The whole Lake District is wet, but not equally so. Adding up the 1991-2020 monthly averages of DGA stations (source: CR2 Climate Explorer, October 2026):

• Villarrica (210 m): about 2,140 mm a year, almost the same as Pucón.
• Curarrehue (420 m): about 2,590 mm.
• Lago Caburgua (480 m): about 2,850 mm, with data for only 53% to 66% of the years, so treat it as a rough guide.

Compared with Temuco and the mountains

• Temuco gets much less rain: the official normal at Maquehue is 1,114.8 mm a year (source: Chile's Meteorological Office, 1991-2020 normals, daily climate report of October 15, 2026), about half of Pucón's.
• The mountains are wetter and colder: at Puesco (Aduana), at 620 m, rainfall adds up to about 3,240 mm a year, and July has an average high of 8.3 °C and an average low of 0.8 °C (source: DGA, 1991-2020 averages, CR2 Climate Explorer).

Snow: town and mountain

With average lows above 4 °C all year in town and close to 0 °C at Puesco (source: tables above), what you will mostly see in Pucón in winter is rain; for snow, head uphill, to the volcano and the mountain passes.

Forecasts, UV index and alerts

• Weather, warnings and the daily UV index: meteochile.gob.cl (Chile's Meteorological Office). Sun protection is covered in the packing guide.
• Emergencies: senapred.cl (Chile's disaster prevention and response service).
• Villarrica Volcano: Sernageomin raised its technical alert from green to yellow on September 4, 2026, with activity limited to the crater area, and Senapred declared a preventive early alert in Villarrica, Pucón and Curarrehue (source: Sernageomin, September 4, 2026). We found no later change when reviewing this guide; check sernageomin.cl before going up.

If you are still planning the trip, see How to get to Pucón.

Information reviewed on October 15, 2026. These are 30-year averages, not a forecast: the weather in any given year can be very different. Check meteochile.gob.cl and sernageomin.cl before you travel.