Santiago
Capital of Chile: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Santiago de Chile, Desde Cerro San Cristóbal (cropped): Omnespsx (D•ES), CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Santiago is the capital of Chile, in Santiago Metropolitan. About 4.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Chile in our atlas.
It lies at 33.46° S, 70.65° W, about 556 m (1,824 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Santiago time zone.
Location
Red dot: Santiago. Green dots: other major cities of Chile. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Santiago has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 2°C (36°F). Around 275 mm (11 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ChileNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Maipú · 13 km
- San Bernardo · 16 km
- Puente Alto · 18 km
- Viña del Mar · 96 km
- Valparaíso · 102 km
- Puerto Montt · 914 km
- Antofagasta · 1,089 km
- Arica · 1,663 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3871336 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2887 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Santiago de Chile, Desde Cerro San Cristóbal (cropped): Omnespsx (D•ES), CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Nacional - A741105: Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gran Torre Costanera, windows cleaning: Basilicofresco, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago 20230311: Carlos Figueroa Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago 20230305 01: Carlos Figueroa Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida Santiago Morning femenino v Colo-Colo femenino 20230812 05: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plaza Baquedano (92711): Tommy Boy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plaza de Armas: Apincheira, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Campos de Sports de Ñuñoa en 1926, Estadio, 1945-01-12 (87): Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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