Santiago, Chile

Santiago sits in a mild oceanic climate in Chile, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the January peak reaches a 100/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 30°C — a solid base for an urban escape.

The year runs from average lows of 6°C in July to highs of 30°C in February. The wet–dry contrast is modest: 22% rain-day odds in June against 2% in January. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on January–March and November–December.

The seasonal arc is clear in the data: summer averages 16°C against winter's 29°C, while rain-day odds move from 2% in winter and 9% in spring to 18% in summer and 12% through autumn. Winter wins on the numbers and summer loses them; everything in between is a trade-off between warmth and crowds. For warmth without the densest crowds, the shoulder play is January: still 30°C highs, with a sun score of 100.

Best months to visit Santiago

The best month on record is January — a 100/100 sun score, built on 17% cloud cover and 2% rain-day odds — followed by February and December. Anything in January–May and September–December clears our 70-point reliability bar. Skip June if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 57/100.

For context: in January, Santiago is drier than 95% of the ocean destinations we track.

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As of the latest refresh, Santiago's next 16 days span 9°C to 35°C; 11 days look mostly sunny while none look likely to be wet — a live sun score of 98/100.