Santiago guide
🇨🇱 Packing List
What to pack for Santiago
In March, Santiago is typically warm, typically dry (10°C - 27°C). This list adapts to those conditions; adjust for your exact travel dates.
Santiago essentials
- Smart-casual outfits (skip gym wear for dinners)
Documents
- Photo ID
- Passport (valid 6+ months)
- Visa / e-visa printout
- Return / onward flight tickets
- Travel insurance policy
- Hotel booking confirmations
- Passport-size photographs (2-4)
- Photocopies / phone photos of passport and tickets, stored separately
Clothing
- Casual day outfits
- One smart-casual outfit for dinners
- Comfortable walking shoes
- A warm jacket or fleece
- Layers for cool evenings
- Light summer clothing
- Sunglasses
- Undergarments and sleepwear
- Enough outfits for 7 days (6 sets)
- Layered outfits you can add or remove as the day warms
- A light jacket for evenings
Toiletries & health
- Toothbrush, toothpaste, and toiletries
- Sunscreen (SPF 50+)
- Personal medication with prescription
- Basic first-aid: band-aids, painkillers, ORS
- Hand sanitiser and wet wipes
- Empanadas, cazuela and pastel de choclo are staples. Fresh market seafood is excellent.
Electronics
- Phone and charger
- Power bank
- Camera (optional)
- Power adaptor: Type C/L plugs (unique Chilean type), 220V.
Money
- Debit / credit cards
- Local currency: Chilean Peso (CLP)
- Cards widely accepted. Bip! card for Metro. Cash useful for smaller restaurants.
Local know-how
- Local SIM: Entel, Movistar, WOM at airport or malls.
- Overcharging tourists
- March highlights: Grape harvest (vendimia); Wine festivals