Valparaíso weather by month
The best time to visit Valparaíso is January to March — 94/100 in January, 20°C and 1 rainy day. The best season is summer, December to February (93/100 on average).
The worst month is June at 74/100 — cool, rainy, muggy air. See June →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: December to February (93/100 on average) · worst June (74/100)
- Days
- 20°C
- Nights
- 14°C
- Wet days
- 1
- Sun
- 13.1 h
- Humidity
- 83%
- Daylight
- 14 h
Valparaíso, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Valparaíso is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Valparaíso through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- March
- Semana Santa3–5 AprHoliday
- May
- Día de las Glorias Navales21 MayHoliday
- Winter storms and heavy swell15 May – 31 Aug (usually)Hazard
- June
- Fiesta de San Pedro28–29 JunFestival
- Presidential address closures1 JunClosure
- September
- Fiestas Patrias18–19 SepHoliday
- Morning cloud off the sea15 Sep – 15 Mar (usually)Season
- December
- New Year fireworks over the bay29 Dec – 2 JanFestival
- Fire season in the hills15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)Hazard
Crowds in Valparaíso in January
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdsNew Year fireworks over the bay, Summer holidays in Chile, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Valparaíso
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
culture
We climbed Concepción Hill first, the Fischer stairs leading straight into Gálvez Alley, and understood immediately why people call this the port's creative heart. Bellavista Hill turned into an open-air museum in its own right, murals and mosaics covering nearly every surface since the project began there back in 1969. A local artist told us new pieces replace old ones constantly, more than ten fresh murals a year, so the city genuinely changes even between visits. We made a point of walking each street in both directions since art on one side of a narrow alley is often invisible from the other. Comfortable shoes were non-negotiable given how many of the 42 hills we ended up climbing, though the old funiculars saved our legs more than once.
Traveller notes on Valparaíso
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
February is peak Chilean holiday season and the coast is crowded for it — mid-February is the high point of the high season, and the forum's advice is to book lodging and flights as early as you can. The weather note that matters is the contrast: while Santiago is blazing hot and half-emptied out in February, Valparaíso stays coastal and moderate, averaging only about 19°C by day and 15 overnight, with no rain at all across the month. The sea is cooler still, near 17°C. Bring a layer for the evening — this is not a hot beach summer, it is a mild one.
Forum posters describe August across central Chile's Santiago/Viña del Mar corridor as cold and rainy, with Santiago itself seeing lows around 0-5C and highs 12-22C - conditions that grow milder heading north and colder, wetter heading south. Valparaiso's own coastal setting, right on the Pacific, tends to run a touch milder and less extreme day-to-day than inland Santiago, without Santiago's sharper temperature swings between a cold morning and a much warmer afternoon. Posters note this is genuinely winter in Chile, so beach weather is off the table at either Valparaiso or nearby Viña. Posters do flag a real upside: August draws noticeably fewer crowds than the summer season, appealing to travelers who prefer a quieter visit. Posters generally rate August as cold, damp and distinctly winter for Valparaiso, but with real crowd-avoidance appeal for those prepared for the weather.
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