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Santiago in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Santiago is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 58°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 20 minutes.December in Santiago is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 20 minutes.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 8% of days
Daylight
14h 20mon average

Is December a good time to visit Santiago?

Yes. December is one of Santiago's best months (March to April, or November to December).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in December, against 61°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 16°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

8% of days in December, against 7% to 35% through the year.

Cloud cover

16% cover in December, against 10% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

14h 20m in December, against 9h 58m to 14h 20m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November77°25°low 53°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December82°28°low 58°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January85°29°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Santiago sits, in December

America/Santiago
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:27 AMsets 8:48 PM
Above the sea
570 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lo Barnechea39 km east

The land around Santiago, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Chile in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Santiago

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Santiago. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (570 m) against the climate model's (487 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (570 m) against the climate model's (487 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.