When to go
All in all, the best time to visit Chile as a whole is the austral summer, from
December to February. In fact, hot temperatures are rare, except in some areas of the north and the center, at a certain distance from the sea, like in Santiago, but at least you can avoid both the mists of the north coasts and the cold weather of the south, which both occur in winter, and sometimes also in spring and autumn.
What to pack
In
winter (June to August): in the north, Arica and Antofagasta, bring clothes for spring and autumn, including a sweatshirt or sweater and a jacket.
In the northern part of the Andes, bring clothes for spring and autumn during the day and warm in the evening, such as a warm jacket and a warm hat, and also walking shoes, sunglasses, sunscreen; for the high mountains, warm clothes, such as a down jacket, a wind jacket, a scarf, gloves.
In the center, Santiago and Valparaiso: bring warm clothes, such as a sweater and a jacket, and an umbrella.
In the south, warm clothes, a fleece, a down jacket, a warm hat, gloves, a scarf, a raincoat.
In the central and southern Andes, warm clothes, such as a down jacket, a wind jacket, a scarf, gloves, a warm hat, warm boots.
In
summer (December to February): in the north, Arica and Antofagasta, bring light clothes for the day, and a sweatshirt and a light jacket for the evening.
In the northern Andes, clothes for spring and autumn during the day and warm in the evening, such as a warm jacket and a hat; hiking shoes, sunglasses, sunscreen; for the highest peaks, a down jacket, a scarf, gloves.
In the center, Santiago and Valparaiso: light clothes for the day, a sweatshirt and a jacket for the evening.
In the south, warm clothes, such as a sweater, a raincoat, a jacket, hiking boots. In the southern Andes, a down jacket, a scarf, gloves, warm boots.
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