Average Temperature In Chile

Chile is a narrow strip of land that is situated between the North Pacific Ocean in the west and the Andes Mountain in the east with coordinates 30 00 S and 71 00 W. Chile is also located in the Pacific Ring of Fine, sharing a land boundary with Argentina in the east, Bolivia in the north-east and Peru in the north. (Maps of World, 2015). Besides its mainland territory, Chile has islands located on the Pacific Ocean. Santiago sits 3724 km (2314 miles) from the equator (Date and Time, 2017).

The Köppen Climate Classification classifies Santiago, Chile as “Mediterranean” under the category Csb. With any Mediterranean city, the climate tends to be both dry and wet, but not to any extreme. As displayed on the climagraph on the previous page, Santiago has
The average temperature in Santiago is 14.4°C with January being the warmest at an average temperature of 21°C and June and July being the coolest months, both with an average temperature of 8°C. For what is considered to be fall and winter in the northern hemisphere, is spring and summer in the southern hemisphere, therefore that is when Santiago’s climate is at its peak. It can be noticed that from January to June and July, the temperature starts to change at a not so slow rate, but does appear to have a fairly steep decline. Temperature beings to increase again from September to December. For the most part, Santiago is a dry city, but from April to October, the city gets the most precipitation for the year. The months that experiences the most precipitation are June and July, both with an average of 7 cm. The months that experience the least amount of precipitation are January, February,