South America
Chile
About 18.7M people live in Chile, on 756,950 km² in 16 regions; the capital is Santiago. The highest summit is Ojos del Salado (6,893 m).
Best timeMar · Nov–Dec
Best weather in OctoberLa Serena 100
October: highs9° – 26°
Rain this month, on average37mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Mar · Nov–Dec.
Chile at a glance
The atlas follows 2,913 places here month by month, with 387 mountains and 582 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are March, November and December.
Santiago now19°CShowers · 10:31Sunrise · sunset06:54 · 20:01SantiagoNext holiday31 OctoberReformation DayEarthquakes2in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Events11 concerts · 0 matches in 14 daysTravel adviceUS 2UK 1Exercise increased caution
2,913places in 16 regions387summits, highest Ojos del Salado582monuments401museums133lakes40beaches4ski areas15festivals3,174huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Chile's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+200%6.63M in 1950 → 19.9M in 2025 → 20.3M in 2050Chile · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$37,8002025 · 58/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy81.42024 · 43/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities89 %2025 · 34/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet96 %2024 · 24/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.142024 · 199/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover24 %2024 · 117/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Chile
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
Places and regions of Chile
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
96OctoberSantiago
Apr · Oct–Nov
22° / 9°21 mm
83OctoberValparaíso
Jan–Mar
15° / 12°14 mm
89OctoberConcepción
Jan–Feb · Dec
18° / 8°92 mm
100OctoberLa Serena
Sep–Oct · Dec
21° / 12°2 mm
89OctoberArica
Apr · Oct–Nov
20° / 14°2 mm
66OctoberValdivia
Jan–Feb · Dec
15° / 8°110 mm
23OctoberPunta Arenas
Jan–Feb · Sep
9° / 4°36 mm
96OctoberRancagua
Apr · Oct–Nov
22° / 8°23 mm
16 regions
Araucania750 places · 10 summits · Temuco
Biobio717 places · 1 summits · Concepción
Maule Region422 places · Talca
Los Ríos Region231 places · 5 summits · Valdivia
O'Higgins Region217 places · 14 summits · Rancagua
Valparaiso101 places · 86 summits · Valparaíso
Aysén98 places · 2 summits · Coyhaique
Los Lagos Region98 places · 5 summits · Puerto Montt
Santiago Metropolitan89 places · 14 summits · Santiago
Tarapacá52 places · 5 summits · Iquique
Coquimbo Region45 places · 3 summits · La Serena
Arica y Parinacota Region25 places · 11 summits · Arica
Ñuble25 places · Chillán
Atacama20 places · Copiapó
Antofagasta14 places · 8 summits · Antofagasta
Region of Magallanes9 places · 1 summits · Punta Arenas
Chile from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Chile
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Nature in Chile
Summit6,893 m
Ojos del Salado
Summit6,723 m
Llullaillaco
Summit6,629 m
Nevado Tres Cruces Central
Lake
Llanquihue Lake
Lake
Villarrica Lake
Lake
Panguipulli LakeWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Chile
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Chile
582 monuments and 401 museums; the best known first.
Rapa Nui National ParkBuilt 1935
Palacio de La MonedaBuilt 1784 · Neoclassical
San Pedro de Atacama
CampanilBuilt 1941 · modern
Julio Martínez Prádanos National StadiumBuilt 1938
Sewell
Museum
Martin Gusinde Anthropological MuseumBuilt 1975
Museum
Chilean National Museum of Fine ArtsBuilt 1880The festival year
What's on in Chile
The ground and the sky in Chile
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days28magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 19502,929magnitude 5+, of them 353 of 6+StrongestM9.5Tirúa 23 km ↑ · 1960Deadliest30,000deaths · 1939The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · SantiagoNext eclipse6 Feb 2027Annular solar eclipse · 62%Orionids~13 an hour21 October · SantiagoNorthern lightsKp 9+only in the strongest storms here
Getting to Chile
8 large airports, 291 railway stations, 119 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSCL · Santiago
15 kmCarriel Sur International AirportCCP · Concepción
6.2 kmPresident Carlos Ibáñez International AirportPUQ · Punta Arenas
18 kmAndrés Sabella Gálvez International AirportANF · Antofagasta
23 kmEl Tepual International AirportPMC · Puerto Montt
13 kmAlamedaSantiago
2.9 kmAscensor CordilleraValparaíso
0.2 kmConcepciónConcepción
1.1 kmLa SerenaLa Serena
0.8 kmChinchorroArica
1.3 kmValdiviaValdivia
2.6 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsCL220 V
Emergency130Calling code +56
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyChilean Unit of Account (UF) · Chilean PesoCLF · CLP
LanguagesSpanish
Local time10:31Santiago