Best: Mar, Dec · Great: Jan-Feb
Weather shifts through genuine seasons here, from July's cool stretch to January's warmth, with rain a little heavier around June and lighter around January — real variation, but nothing as sharp as a true monsoon or Mediterranean dry season. In March, expect highs around 26°C with rain on roughly 2 days of the month.
Santiago's Bellavista neighborhood and the Cerro San Cristóbal funicular are a good introduction to the city, but the real draw for most visitors is what's nearby: the Maipo Valley wine region is less than an hour away, and the Andes are visible (and skiable, in season) from the city itself. Valparaíso's colorful, chaotic hillside streets and street art make an easy and worthwhile day trip to the coast.
Try Chilean empanadas and central-valley wines.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect warm days around 30°/12°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/12°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 26°/10°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/7°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 18°/5°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 15°/3°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 14°/2°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 16°/4°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 18°/6°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 21°/7°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 25°/9°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/11°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).