Region: Valparaíso Region · Chile
Santo Domingo travel guide
Santo Domingo is a city in Valparaíso Region, Chile, home to about 1,029,000 people.
- Best months
- October to April
- Nearest airport
- SCL85 km · Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Currency
- CLPChilean peso
- Time zone
- America/Santiago
- Plugs
- C, L · 220 V
- Emergency
- 131
- Language
- Spanish
About
About Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo is a Chilean coastal city and commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region. It was founded as Rocas de Santo Domingo (St. Dominic's Rocks).
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
When to go
The best time to visit Santo Domingo
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Santo Domingo are October to April. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; June is the wettest, with about 126 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).
Public holidays in Chile, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Santo Domingo: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), about 85 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Questions
Santo Domingo: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Santo Domingo?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Santo Domingo are October to April. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; June is the wettest, with about 126 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Santo Domingo?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL), about 85 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Santo Domingo?
Chilean peso (CLP).
Nearby
Destinations near Santo Domingo
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; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.