Santiago Metropolitan · ChileSummit weather, forecast and climate

Cerro La Ballena

877 m

Elevation877 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation22 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul14°average high

33.61° S, 70.55° WElevation 877 mUTC−3 · Chile Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Cerro La Ballena in brief

Cerro La Ballena rises to 877 m, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile.

At the summit, January is the mildest month with average highs of 28°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Puente Alto, 2.8 km to the W at 700 m.

Elevation: 877 m · 2,877 ft
Region: Santiago Metropolitan
Country: Chile
Coordinates: -33.6057, -70.5462
Nearest airport: Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) · 33 km

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Cerro La Ballena by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	28°	28°	26°	23°	18°	15°	14°	15°	17°	21°	24°	27°
Average low	16°	16°	14°	10°	6°	4°	2°	3°	5°	8°	11°	14°
Precipitation	3 mm	4 mm	11 mm	35 mm	112 mm	153 mm	156 mm	115 mm	52 mm	22 mm	12 mm	6 mm
Cloud cover	6%	7%	10%	19%	35%	39%	36%	33%	33%	29%	16%	9%
Daylight	14h 08	13h 17	12h 19	11h 16	10h 24	9h 56	10h 07	10h 52	11h 52	12h 54	13h 51	14h 22
Month score	86	88	92	90	67	46	41	52	81	94	97	91

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,250 m	4,200 m	3,950 m	3,400 m	2,750 m	2,300 m	2,100 m	2,300 m	2,600 m	3,050 m	3,550 m	4,000 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C