Weather in Santiago in November

Prime time. November is about as good as Santiago gets. Highs average 30.1 °C, lows 14.2 °C, and rain falls on 2 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 8 of 12 in Santiago: past the worst of the year but short of September, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 2 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 30.1 °C days and 14.2 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 17 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break; the day swings 15.8 °C from low to high, which means one bag has to cover both. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 38.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 5.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 25 mm — roughly 278% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. November rainfall has ranged from 1 mm to 49 mm across the twenty years measured — a 48 mm spread around an average of 9 mm. The average is real but almost no individual November looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 7.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and the air is dry at 33% humidity, which makes the heat far more bearable than the same figure somewhere humid — and dehydrates you faster than you expect.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 3.7 °C warmer than October, and December adds another 2.3 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in November

November is at or near the longest days of Santiago's year: 13.8 hours of daylight, gaining 0.8 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 26.3 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage. Within November itself the daily swing is 15.8 °C, so mornings and afternoons need different clothes.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself. November is the value pick for Santiago: it scores within 12 points of September without carrying September's prices.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Santiago versus nearby

If Santiago is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Córdoba is the weaker option in November — within a degree on temperature, 9 days more rain. San Miguel de Tucumán is the weaker option in November — 3.9 °C warmer, 8 days more rain.

So: November works, with September the better month by 12 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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