LDS Missions in Chile

There are currently 11 active LDS missions based in Chile, in 7 cities across 7 regions. Some cities carry more than one: Santiago (4) and Concepción (2). Those cities are spread about 1,500 km (900 miles) from Concepción in the west to Antofagasta in the east and about 2,000 km (1,250 miles) from Antofagasta in the north to Puerto Montt in the south.

4 missions are based in the national capital, Santiago. Every mission city is south of the equator, so the calendar seasons run the opposite way to the northern hemisphere: December to February is summer and June to August is winter. Mission cities range from near sea level at Puerto Montt (11 m / 36 ft) to Santiago at 556 m (1,824 ft).

Missionaries serve across areas set by their mission, which can reach well beyond the city the mission is based in, and they are transferred between those areas during a mission.

Mission cities in Chile fall into 4 Köppen climate classes, so conditions are not the same across the country.

The most common are warm-summer mediterranean (Csb), covering 7 missions including Concepción and Santiago, cold desert (BWk), covering 2 missions including Antofagasta and La Serena and temperate oceanic (Cfb), covering 1 mission including Puerto Montt.

Across those cities, the warmest monthly average high is 32 °C (89 °F) in Rancagua during January, and the coolest monthly average low is 3 °C (37 °F) in Santiago during July.