Temperature, probability of rain, clouds and ultraviolet rays are some of the information you need to know before leaving home. (GlobeLiveMedia/Jovani Perez)

In times of climate change, a hot summer day can quickly turn into pouring rain that causes flooding within minutes, so it’s increasingly common for people to try to prepare for temperature swings.

Below is the weather forecast expected in the next few hours for Santiago de Chile:

In Santiago de Chile, it is planned a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 16 degrees Celsius.

As for the rain the probability of precipitation for this city will be 0% during the day and 0% at night.

In the same direction, the cloudiness will be 0% during the day and 0% at night. While the gusts of wind they will reach 39 kilometers per hour during the day and 32 kilometers per hour at night.

Watch out for the sun, UV rays should reach a level of up to 11.

The weather in Santiago

Being located in the center of the country and having two mountain ranges, In Santiago de Chile, a temperate, almost Mediterranean climate prevails..

This means that in the capital, the mild temperatures, with large thermal variations between minimum nighttime temperatures and maximum daytime temperatures.

In the capital, the seasons of the year are clearly marked, where summer is dry and the rainy winter.

the cold season starts in May and lasts until September, with average temperatures of 8 degrees Celsius.

While the hottest months start in October and progress through April, with an average temperature of 32 degrees Celsius.

The capital of Chile has a mostly temperate, almost Mediterranean climate.  (Reuters/File)
The capital of Chile has a mostly temperate, almost Mediterranean climate. (Reuters/File)

In Chile They feel very cold to very hot weather conditionsdue to its geographical location and particular territorial extension.

In the north of the Chilean countryfrom the region of Arica and Parinacota, in Valparaíso, three types of climate are distinguished: tundra and desert in its cold and hot variants.

There tundra It is characterized by a dry and always cold climate that occurs throughout the eastern part of the northern part of Chile, bordering Bolivia and Argentina.

He hot desert It is the one that predominates in most of the north of the country, it is characterized by mild winters with nights reaching zero degrees Celsius, very hot summers and little precipitation.

During this time he cold desert It occurs in the coastal areas of northern Chile, where the winters are very cold and the summers hot, here too the rainfall is very low.

In the center of the countryfrom the southern part of Valparaíso and up to Bío Bío, the two main climates are the cold semi-arid, the Mediterranean and the Mediterranean with cool summers.

He cold semi-arid It appears in the most northwestern region of the central part of the Chilean country, where the winters are very cold, the summers hot or temperate and the rainfall scarce.

The climate Mediterranean It is the most abundant in the center of the Chilean country and is characterized by mild winters, hot summers and a marked rainy season.

For his part, he Mediterranean with cool summers the most central part of the country appears, the only difference with the previous climate is that its summers are cool, as the name suggests.

In the south part of Chilefrom Araucania to Magallanes, the predominant climates are the tundra, semi-arid and oceanic cold.

He oceanic It is the main climate of the southern region, where the winters are cold and the summers cool, with rain practically all year round.

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