Chile · 33.45°S 70.67°W · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Santiago is March to April and October to November, with highs of 22–26 °C72–79 °F and nights of 8–11 °C46–52 °F, and rainfall of under 60 mm2.4 in a month.
Most rain falls in the winter half of the year (June averages 96 mm3.8 in). The dry season is September to April, with under 8 mm0.3 in in January. January is the hottest month (highs of 29 °C84 °F) and June the coldest (14 °C57 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -33.45, -70.67. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: March to April and October to November.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Santiago's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 00 | 2984 | 1355 | dry | too hot |
| February | 80.3 | 2882 | 1355 | dry | too hot |
| March | 80.3 | 2679 | 1151 | dry | good |
| April | 160.6 | 2272 | 846 | dry | good |
| May | 722.8 | 1864 | 642 | showers | too cold |
| June | 963.8 | 1457 | 438 | showers | too cold |
| July | 883.5 | 1457 | 337 | showers | too cold |
| August | 722.8 | 1660 | 438 | showers | too cold |
| September | 321.3 | 1864 | 541 | dry | too cold |
| October | 160.6 | 2271 | 846 | dry | good |
| November | 80.3 | 2577 | 1050 | dry | good |
| December | 00 | 2882 | 1254 | dry | too hot |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | March to April and October to November |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | December to February |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | December to February |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | May to September |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Not really. Most rain falls in the winter half of the year (June averages 96 mm3.8 in). The dry season is September to April, with under 8 mm0.3 in in January.
January is the hottest month (highs of 29 °C84 °F) and June the coldest (14 °C57 °F). Annual rainfall is about 416 mm16 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Santiago does not:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.