Best time to visit Chile

Chile does not have a single best season. Its 4 destinations peak across 4 different months, which means an itinerary that moves around the country will be in the right season for some of it and the wrong one for the rest — worth building the route around.

Averaged across every destination listed, Chile is at its best in December, scoring 80 out of 100, with April close behind at 80. July is the weakest month nationally at 71. The workable window is wide — 11 months sit within eight points of the best — so a trip covering several of these places has room to move.

Chile is not one climate. Arica averages 33 °C across the year against 15 °C in Puerto Montt — a 18 °C gap wide enough that advice for one is close to useless for the other. Rain splits the country further: Puerto Montt sees 174 wet days a year against 1 in Antofagasta, which is a different kind of trip rather than a slightly damper one.