Best time to visit Santiago
Our pick for sun: January to April, November to December.
The best months
- SunJanuary to April, November to December
- CityJanuary to May, August to December
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Ideal, 100/100 | Ideal, 100/100 | Ideal, 100/100 | Ideal, 91/100 | Fair, 50/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 29/100 | Fair, 52/100 | Good, 79/100 | Ideal, 99/100 | Ideal, 100/100 |
| City | Ideal, 88/100 | Ideal, 90/100 | Ideal, 96/100 | Ideal, 100/100 | Ideal, 91/100 | Good, 78/100 | Good, 77/100 | Ideal, 82/100 | Ideal, 83/100 | Ideal, 88/100 | Ideal, 100/100 | Ideal, 94/100 |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°C | 16°C | 3 mm |
| February | 28°C | 16°C | 5 mm |
| March | 27°C | 14°C | 9 mm |
| April | 23°C | 10°C | 29 mm |
| May | 19°C | 7°C | 65 mm |
| June | 16°C | 4°C | 111 mm |
| July | 15°C | 3°C | 89 mm |
| August | 17°C | 5°C | 84 mm |
| September | 19°C | 7°C | 60 mm |
| October | 22°C | 9°C | 42 mm |
| November | 25°C | 12°C | 18 mm |
| December | 27°C | 14°C | 7 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 11 h
- From YYZ : about 10 h 50 min
- From YVR : about 13 h 05 min
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
Getting to Santiago with points
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).