Santiago Webcam – Nunoa Skyline and Costanera Center

The Santiago Webcam looks out from a high-rise in Nunoa, on the east side of Chile’s capital, over the low apartment blocks and gardens of Villa Olimpica toward the Estadio Nacional and the Andes. Three more cameras on the player belong to Ledrium and sit about 5 kilometers (3 miles) north in Providencia and Las Condes: one above Avenida Providencia at Luis Thayer Ojeda, one over the Tobalaba junction beside the MUT market, and one fixed on the Gran Torre Santiago, the tallest building in South America. The Nunoa stream plays a chill music soundtrack, and a panel in its corner shows the temperature and humidity.

About Santiago

Santiago sits between 500 and 650 meters (1,640 and 2,130 feet) above sea level in a broad valley, with the Andes rising along its eastern edge. The metropolitan area had 6,903,479 residents at the 2017 census. From Nunoa the skyline runs north toward the cluster of glass towers known as Sanhattan.

Villa Olimpica, in the foreground of the main camera, was built between 1961 and 1964 on the old Lo Valdivieso estate. It was planned as middle-class housing on Le Corbusier’s principles, then adapted to house delegations and visitors for the 1962 World Cup. The estate has 2,452 apartments in 82 blocks, a tower of 52 apartments and 137 houses, bounded by Grecia, Marathon, Carlos Dittborn and Lo Encalada, and it was declared a protected Zona Tipica in 2017. Its neighbor is the Estadio Nacional, opened in 1938 and seating 48,745 today. It hosted the 1962 World Cup final, when Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1, and after the 1973 coup it served as a detention center where between 12,000 and 20,000 people were held.

The Ledrium cameras show a different Santiago. The Luis Thayer Ojeda view runs down Avenida Providencia between the Los Leones and Tobalaba Metro stations, a corridor of office blocks, shops and red-and-white city buses. The Tobalaba camera watches a wide junction in front of MUT, the Mercado Urbano Tobalaba, a complex of four 21-story office towers over about 300 shops, with a bicycle garage for 2,000 bikes and a tunnel into the Metro station. The third camera frames the Gran Torre Santiago at Costanera Center, 300 meters (984 feet) tall with 62 floors, finished in 2013.

Weather and Climate in Santiago

Santiago has warm, dry summers and cool, wetter winters. Averages for Nunoa over 2016 to 2025 put summer afternoons, December to February, at 29 to 30 C (84 to 86 F), and almost no rain falls from December to March. Autumn cools quickly, from highs of 28 C (82 F) in March to 19 C (66 F) in May. Winter afternoons from June to August reach about 15 to 16 C (59 to 61 F), nights drop into single digits Celsius, and June is usually the wettest month, with about 87 mm (3.4 inches) on average. Spring warms from 19 C (66 F) in September to 26 C (79 F) in November. The whole year brings less than 400 mm (16 inches) of rain.

Those seasons show clearly on the main camera. Because it faces east, the sun rises over the Andes in front of it, and in winter and spring the mountains often carry snow that stands out behind the towers on clear days after rain. On grey days the peaks vanish behind cloud and the view ends at the rooftops of the eastern suburbs. On the Providencia cameras, wet pavements and umbrellas at the crossings tell the weather just as well.

Things to Do Near Santiago

The Estadio Nacional sits next to Villa Olimpica, inside a 62 hectare (153 acre) sports park with an aquatics center, a velodrome and an athletics track. In 2011 a stretch of its old wooden bleachers, Escotilla 8, was set aside as a memorial to the prisoners held there. A short ride north, Plaza Nunoa is the comuna’s main square, and Barrio Italia, on the border with Providencia, is known for its design shops and cafes.

Around the Ledrium cameras, Sky Costanera on floors 61 and 62 of the Gran Torre opened in 2015 with a 360 degree view over the city, and the Costanera Center mall fills the base of the tower. MUT has around 20,000 square meters (215,000 square feet) of gardens and terraces linked straight to Tobalaba station. Further west, the funicular climbs Cerro San Cristobal in the Parque Metropolitano. Longer trips run up into the Andes to the ski slopes of Valle Nevado, or south to the wineries of the Maipo Valley.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the Santiago Webcam located?

The main camera is on a high-rise in Nunoa, a comuna on the east side of Santiago, Chile, overlooking Villa Olimpica beside the Estadio Nacional. The three Ledrium cameras are about 5 kilometers (3 miles) north, on Avenida Providencia between Los Leones and Tobalaba and at Costanera Center.

What can you see on the Santiago Webcam?

The Nunoa view looks east over the blocks and gardens of Villa Olimpica toward the Estadio Nacional, the eastern suburbs and, in clear weather, the Andes. The other tabs show Avenida Providencia at Luis Thayer Ojeda, the Tobalaba junction in front of MUT, and the Gran Torre Santiago among the Sanhattan office towers.

Is this Santiago in Chile or in Spain?

This is Santiago de Chile, the capital of Chile. It is not Santiago de Compostela in Spain, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago del Teide on Tenerife or Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic.

Does this webcam show Santiago airport?

No. Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport is in Pudahuel, on the western side of the city, and none of the four cameras looks that way.

Can you see Plaza Italia on the webcam?

No. Plaza Italia, officially Plaza Baquedano, is about 3 kilometers (2 miles) northwest of the Nunoa camera and out of its view, and roughly the same distance west of the Providencia cameras along Avenida Providencia.

Can you see the Andes from these cameras?

Yes, on clear days. The Nunoa camera faces east, so the front range of the Andes forms its horizon, often with snow in winter and spring. Cloud and haze can hide the mountains completely, leaving only the city’s rooftops.

What is the weather like in Nunoa and Santiago?

Summers are hot and dry, with afternoon highs around 29 to 30 C (84 to 86 F) from December to February. Winters are cool and damp, with highs near 15 C (59 F) and most of the year’s rain falling between May and August. Spring and autumn are mild, with highs of about 19 to 28 C (66 to 82 F).

Do the Santiago cameras work at night?

Yes. The streams keep running after dark, when street lights and lit windows replace the daytime view, and the Nunoa camera can catch the sunrise over the Andes each morning.

Source: Santiago Skyline Live and Ledrium