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Best time to visit Valparaíso
Chile · Latin America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Valparaíso
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- JanJValparaíso in January: sweet spot, busy
- FebFValparaíso in February: sweet spot, busy
- MarMValparaíso in March: good, busy
- AprAValparaíso in April: sweet spot
- MayMValparaíso in May: sweet spot
- JunJValparaíso in June: good
- JulJValparaíso in July: sweet spot
- AugAValparaíso in August: sweet spot
- SepSValparaíso in September: sweet spot
- OctOValparaíso in October: sweet spot
- NovNValparaíso in November: sweet spot, busy
- DecDValparaíso in December: sweet spot, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Valparaíso
- Edificio Ex Intendencia, Valparaíso National monument of Chile
- Quinta Vergara Park in Viña del Mar, Chile
- Trolleybuses in Valparaíso Monument
- Iglesia de la Matriz National monument of Chile
- Artillería funicular railway National monument of Chile
- Palacio Baburizza National monument of Chile
- Ascensor Concepción National monument of Chile
Tours and tickets in Valparaíso
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21° | 0d | 80% | 12.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 21° | 0d | 79% | 12.1h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 20° | 1d | 78% | 11.3h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Apr | 18° | 1d | 81% | 9.8h | sweet spot | 18C max, 1 rainy day |
| May | 17° | 3d | 81% | 8.1h | sweet spot | 17C max, 3 rainy days |
| Jun | 15° | 6d | 81% | 7.1h | good | 15C max, 6 rainy days |
| Jul | 15° | 4d | 82% | 8.0h | sweet spot | 15C max, 4 rainy days |
| Aug | 15° | 4d | 82% | 8.5h | sweet spot | 15C max, 4 rainy days |
| Sep | 16° | 2d | 81% | 10.1h | sweet spot | 16C max, 2 rainy days |
| Oct | 17° | 2d | 79% | 11.5h | sweet spot | 17C max, 2 rainy days |
| Nov | 19° | 1d | 79% | 12.1h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 20° | 0d | 79% | 13.1h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the hills (Cerro Alegre): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Valparaíso's November days now average 18.5°C, 1.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 19.5° | 19.7° | 18.9° | 17.3° | 15.4° | 14.3° | 13.6° | 14.0° | 14.3° | 15.5° | 16.6° | 18.4° |
| 2017–26 | 20.8° | 21.2° | 20.5° | 18.4° | 16.7° | 15.2° | 14.9° | 15.2° | 16.0° | 16.8° | 18.5° | 19.8° |
| Change | +1.3° | +1.4° | +1.5° | +1.1° | +1.3° | +0.9° | +1.2° | +1.3° | +1.7° | +1.3° | +1.9° | +1.4° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Santiago (SCL), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Santiago.
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Valparaíso is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Buenos Aires
- from Lima
- from Sao Paulo
- from Bogota
- from Mexico City
- from Miami
- from Tampa
- from Orlando
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Valparaíso, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and L plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Chilean peso. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution. US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Chile: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards are accepted in chain stores and most independent shops in big cities; if the card machine asks about cuotas, choose sin cuotas.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — About 10% in restaurants is customary, handed to the waiter; leaving nothing is seen as rude unless service was poor.
Getting around Valparaíso
- Apps — Rides: Cabify, DiDi, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
The city micros are run by Transporte Metropolitano Valparaíso . More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Valparaíso, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 133 · ambulance 131 · fire 132.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (17)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/chile/getting-help
- uber.com/global/en/cities/santiago
- web.didiglobal.com/cl
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabify
- indrive.com/es-cl/city-rides
- red.cl/tarifas-y-recargas/conoce-las-tarifas
- mtt.gob.cl/comienza-el-pago-con-tarjetas-de-credito-debito-y-prepago-en-metro-y-efe-nos
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Santiago
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chile
- soax.com/research/most-popular-messaging-apps
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- chile.travel/en/destinations/rapa-nui-easter-island
- chile.travel/en/attractions/hanga-roa
- rapanuinationalpark.com/en
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Valparaíso in pictures
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Carlos Figueroa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Carlos Figueroa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Carlos Figueroa Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Carlos Figueroa Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Valparaíso is like
Valparaíso is a city of almost 300,000 people (2017) on the Pacific coast of Central Chile. Frequently referred to as simply Valpo, it is about 120 km west of the capital, Santiago. The city is widely known for its bohemian culture, brightly colored houses, and beautiful seaside views. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Museo Naval y Maritimo (Naval and Maritime Museum), Paseo 21 de Mayo 45 (at top of Ascensor Artillería). More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Funiculars. Going to Valparaiso and not going on the ascensores (inclines) is like going to Venice and not taking a ride on a Gondola, only that the ascensores cost as little as 100 pesos. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Valparaiso does not have its own airport. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- In the context of Chile being a relatively safe country, Valparaiso is among its more dangerous locales, like many harbour cities around the world. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Valparaíso, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Valparaíso
Also in Chile
- Easter Island best Jun, Oct, Dec
- Punta Arenas best Jan, Feb, Oct
- San Pedro de Atacama best Feb, Apr, Aug
- Santiago best Feb, Mar, Oct
- Torres del Paine best Jan, Feb, Dec
- Valle Nevado best Feb, Jul, Aug
Nearby
- Mendoza Argentina · 259 km
- Bariloche Argentina · 902 km
- Buenos Aires Argentina · 1,234 km
- Montevideo Uruguay · 1,436 km
Kind of place
Valparaíso is in Chile, Latin America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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