Best time to visit Chile

Chile is represented here by Santiago (-33.5°, -70.6°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a tropical climate with small temperature change, 274 mm of rain a year, and a 12.8°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Chile falls in a tropical climate with small temperature change.

Climate in Santiago

Santiago is hottest in January (average 22.3°C) and coolest in July (9.5°C). The wet season runs June–July.

Open the Santiago page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Santiago: typical hottest-month average 22.3°C and about 274 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Santiago (December, January, and February).

Santiago in Chile

Santiago sits at -33.46°, -70.65°. It is a tropical climate with small temperature change. January is the warmest month at 22.3°C (high 29.9°C); July is the coolest at 9.5°C (low 3.6°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 12.8°C.

The wet season runs from June to July. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are December, January, and February. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 4,837,295. The wettest month is June (63 mm, 6 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is December (7 mm).