weather in South America

[mrsann]

We are going on a cruise to Peru and Chile via the anama canal.Can anyone tell me what the weather will be like in late October/early November please.the farthest south we are travelling is to Santiago but we hope to take a couple of excursions inland as well as seeing the coastal strip.Do we ned to take winter coats with us please?

[JK2]

It will be summertime in Santiago - eg Oct 21st 2006 had a high of 80 degrees

If you go to the wunderground site you can put in any city name & look at what the temperature was last year (and previous years) on the dates you will be there.

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/85 574.html

[auntiebertie]

Have you checked out cruisecritic as I am sure this will be asked before?
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/index.php
Scroll down to ports of call and select South America.

Also at the top there is a list of all the cruise lines - you do not say who you are cruising with but click on the link to your cruise line to find lots and lots of useful information.