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Santiago in March

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Santiago is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 60°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Santiago is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
12h 21mon average

Is March a good time to visit Santiago?

Yes. March 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in March, against 61°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in March, against 16°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

15% cover in March, against 10% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

12h 21m in March, against 9h 58m to 14h 20m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February85°29°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March83°28°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. April76°24°low 53°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Santiago sits, in March

America/Santiago
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:42 AMsets 8:03 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.