South America · City travel

Best time to visit Valparaiso

Late Dec–Mid Mar is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 18.9°C, with 0.1 rainy days per 10 days.

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Scenery of Valparaiso
Photo: Julia Sumangil (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Season calendar

Valparaiso season score, from early January through late December.Early Jan: Best (season score 91.7)Mid Jan: Best (season score 90.8)Late Jan: Best (season score 93.5)Early Feb: Best (season score 94.0)Mid Feb: Best (season score 93.5)Late Feb: Best (season score 93.3)Early Mar: Best (season score 91.8)Mid Mar: Best (season score 88.9)Late Mar: Great (season score 83.9)Early Apr: Great (season score 78.1)Mid Apr: Good (season score 66.4)Late Apr: Good (season score 62.3)Early May: Okay (season score 56.5)Mid May: Fair (season score 41.8)Late May: Fair (season score 32.9)Early Jun: Off-season (season score 28.2)Mid Jun: Avoid (season score 6.1)Late Jun: Avoid (season score 11.3)Early Jul: Avoid (season score 9.0)Mid Jul: Avoid (season score 7.6)Late Jul: Avoid (season score 8.2)Early Aug: Avoid (season score 6.0)Mid Aug: Avoid (season score 8.8)Late Aug: Avoid (season score 14.0)Early Sep: Avoid (season score 10.3)Mid Sep: Off-season (season score 18.4)Late Sep: Off-season (season score 24.4)Early Oct: Off-season (season score 22.9)Mid Oct: Fair (season score 32.9)Late Oct: Fair (season score 42.3)Early Nov: Okay (season score 46.8)Mid Nov: Okay (season score 55.8)Late Nov: Good (season score 62.7)Early Dec: Great (season score 72.4)Mid Dec: Great (season score 76.7)Late Dec: Best (season score 87.0)JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AvoidOff-seasonFairOkayGoodGreatBest

Japan MOFA travel advice

Japan MOFA travel advice: Level 1 (Exercise caution)

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Climate and season score by month

MonthLevelDaytime highRainy days
(per 10 days)
Cloud cover
JanuaryBest18.9°C0.138.0%
FebruaryBest19.2°C0.039.8%
MarchBest18.7°C0.241.9%
AprilGood16.9°C0.747.5%
MayOkay15.5°C1.658.9%
JuneOff-season14.3°C2.359.7%
JulyAvoid13.5°C1.755.0%
AugustAvoid13.6°C1.755.5%
SeptemberOff-season14.0°C1.053.0%
OctoberFair15.0°C0.650.2%
NovemberOkay16.3°C0.542.5%
DecemberGreat17.7°C0.239.6%

Questions and answers

When is the best time to visit Valparaiso?
Late Dec–Mid Mar. During this period, the average daytime high is 18.9°C, with 0.1 rainy days per 10 days.
When should I avoid visiting Valparaiso?
Mid Jun–Early Sep is the least favorable time of year. Then, the average daytime high is 13.7°C, with 1.9 rainy days per 10 days.
What is the rainiest time of year in Valparaiso?
June, with about 2.3 rainy days per 10 days at the peak.

How the score works

The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.

Data: Copernicus ERA5, NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.

These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.