Santiago Metropolitan Region · Chile
La Florida travel guide
La Florida is a city in Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, home to about 367,000 people.
- Best months
- October to April
- Nearest airport
- SCL27 km · Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Currency
- CLPChilean peso
- Time zone
- America/Santiago
- Language
- Spanish
About
About La Florida
La Florida is an urban-suburban commune in the southeast of Santiago, the capital and largest city of Chile. It is a residential area and its 374,836 inhabitants are mostly members of a new middle to upper-middle class.
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When to go
The best time to visit La Florida
The most comfortable months for a city stay in La Florida are October to April. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 26 °C; June is the wettest, with about 141 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to La Florida: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), about 27 km from the city centre in a straight line.
SCL · Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Questions
La Florida: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit La Florida?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in La Florida are October to April. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 26 °C; June is the wettest, with about 141 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to La Florida?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), about 27 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in La Florida?
Chilean peso (CLP).
Nearby
Destinations near La Florida
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.