When is the best time to visit Chile?

Most guides agree on Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. Torres del Paine: November to March (southern summer). Easter Island: October to April. Atacama Desert: March to May, and September to November (shoulder seasons, and the clearest skies). Santiago: September to November, and March to May (the shoulder seasons).

When is the rainy season in Chile?

No guide in Chile has a month above 250 mm; the wet months are wet, not under water.

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Best time to visit Chile

Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Chile agrees on Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

Place	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	In words
Torres del PaineNovember to March (southern summer)													November to March (southern summer)
Easter IslandOctober to April													October to April
Atacama DesertMarch to May, and September to November (shoulder seasons, and the clearest skies)													March to May, and September to November (shoulder seasons, and the clearest skies)
SantiagoSeptember to November, and March to May (the shoulder seasons)													September to November, and March to May (the shoulder seasons)

best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.

The guides in Chile

The granite towers of Torres del Paine above a glacial lake

Torres del PaineChileGranite towers, wind, and the emptiest sky in Patagonia

gray stone formation under blue sky during daytime

Easter IslandChileThe most remote inhabited island on earth, and nine hundred statues facing inland

The bare sand and rock of the Atacama Desert under a cloudless sky near San Pedro

Atacama DesertChileThe driest place on earth, at 2,400 metres, under the clearest sky anybody has measured

The Santiago skyline at dusk with the snow line of the Andes behind it

SantiagoChileA city with the Andes at the end of the street, and vineyards forty minutes the other way