Chile
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
8,394km²
Area
716km
Coastline
measured on a simplified outline
491m
Highest point
150,000
People
14°C
Warmest sea
January
1km
To the mainland
When to go to Chiloé Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in January (14 °C) and coolest in August (10 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island of Chile
Chiloé Island is an island in Chile. It belongs to Chiloé Archipelago. It covers 8,394 km², with 716 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 491 m. About 150,000 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1 km away.
Getting there
- El Tepual International Airport (PMC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 156 km in a straight lineCar hire at PMC airport (Puerto Montt)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesCucao - Camping La Abuela, Cucao - Camping La Tía, Quiao - Huillinco, Isla Chaullín - Auchac
- 1 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Chiloé Island.
- 81beachesLas Compuertas, Caleta Guabun, Bahia Linao and 78 more
- 70viewpointsMirador Las Dunas, Mirador Playa Huentemo, Mirador Huenquilda and 67 more
- 12ferry terminalsChile Lodge - Quiao, Huillinco, Embarcadero García and 9 more
- 4marinasMarina Lago Tepuhueico, Caleta Inio, Puerto de Castro and 1 more
- 1named peaksCerro Pirámide
- 1waterfallsCascada Río Bravo
- 2castles and fortsFuerte San Antonio, Polvorín Fuerte San Carlos
- 59campsitesChiloé National Park, El Pudú, El Paraíso and 56 more
- 171hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 155restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Chiloé Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Chiloé Island, each with its own numbers.
13beaches and covesCoastya
17lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
27.3km²
Cucao and Huillinco
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
22.3°C
Laguna Púlpito
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
14.4°C
Caleta Puñihuil
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
13 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Caleta Puñihuilcove14.4°C
- Playa Quilán13.5°C
- Caleta Quiutilcove14.1°C
- Caleta Quepeccove14.2°C
- Caleta Duhataocove14.4°C
- Caleta Curahueldocove14.4°C
- Estero Cuimiocove14.4°C
- Estero del Diquecove14.4°C
5 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
17 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Cucao and Huillinco27.3km²
- Lago Tepuhueico13.2km²
- Laguna Chaiguata12.4km²
- Lago Tarahuin7.2km²
- Lago de Natri7.2km²
- Lago Yaldad4.9km²
- Laguna de Chaiguaco4.2km²
- Laguna Huelde1.2km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 167 m above the sea. 74 % of it is below 200 m.
- 18 %0–50 m
- 56 %50–200 m
- 19 %200–500 m
- 6 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
100 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Ancud40,819 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Night low (°C) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Sea (°C) | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 79 | 69 | 98 | 112 | 164 | 170 | 158 | 160 | 97 | 112 | 97 | 86 |
| Wet days | 13 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 8.4 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| Wind (km/h) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ±0.0 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +1.5 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.1 | −0.4 | +0.1 | +0.3 |
| 2021 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +0.4 | +1.2 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.3 | −0.1 |
| 2022 | +0.2 | +0.3 | −0.6 | −0.5 | −0.5 | −0.7 | −0.4 | −0.7 | −0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.1 |
| 2023 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.5 | −0.3 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.6 | −0.2 | −0.6 | −0.4 |
| 2024 | +0.2 | +0.5 | −0.2 | +0.6 | −0.9 | −0.5 | −0.7 | −0.4 | −0.6 | −0.4 | −0.2 | −0.5 |
| 2025 | −0.2 | −1.2 | −0.3 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.3 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q504449) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | Natural Earth · public domain |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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