Iquique climate

Name: Iquique
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Iquique is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. June is the wettest month (15 mm) and March the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Iquique averages 61 mm of rain and 141 days above 25 °C.

Chile · population 199,587 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 27 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month March 0 mm
Wettest month June 15 mm
Least cloud March 45 % cloud
Hottest on record August 31 °C
Coldest on record June 8.6 °C
Warmest sea January 22 °C

What to expectIquique through the year

Iquique has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in July to 27 °C in February, a swing of 6.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 141 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in March to 15 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Iquique is warmest in January at 22 °C and coldest in August at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.1 °C	1 mm	58 %
February	27.5 °C	1 mm	54 %
March	26.8 °C	under 1 mm	45 %
April	25.0 °C	1 mm	50 %
May	23.5 °C	7 mm	60 %
June	22.0 °C	15 mm	71 %
July	21.4 °C	14 mm	72 %
August	21.6 °C	9 mm	71 %
September	22.3 °C	5 mm	67 %
October	23.1 °C	3 mm	66 %
November	24.1 °C	2 mm	59 %
December	25.6 °C	1 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	27.1 °C	20.3 °C	23.4 °C	30.6 °C	16.9 °C	29
February	27.5 °C	20.9 °C	23.9 °C	30.6 °C	18.1 °C	27
March	26.8 °C	20.1 °C	23.1 °C	30.5 °C	16.2 °C	28
April	25.0 °C	17.7 °C	21.2 °C	29.9 °C	13.9 °C	16
May	23.5 °C	15.5 °C	19.5 °C	29.0 °C	11.5 °C	5
June	22.0 °C	14.0 °C	18.0 °C	26.8 °C	8.6 °C	1
July	21.4 °C	13.3 °C	17.3 °C	30.5 °C	8.9 °C	1
August	21.6 °C	13.6 °C	17.5 °C	30.7 °C	9.2 °C	1
September	22.3 °C	14.3 °C	18.2 °C	26.8 °C	10.3 °C	1
October	23.1 °C	15.3 °C	19.0 °C	27.0 °C	11.9 °C	2
November	24.1 °C	16.6 °C	20.1 °C	27.4 °C	13.8 °C	8
December	25.6 °C	18.4 °C	21.8 °C	29.3 °C	15.1 °C	23

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	1 mm	0	13 h/day	58 %	75 %	18 km/h	21.6 °C
February	1 mm	0	13 h/day	54 %	74 %	18 km/h	21.6 °C
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	45 %	77 %	18 km/h	20.9 °C
April	1 mm	0	12 h/day	50 %	80 %	18 km/h	19.8 °C
May	7 mm	2	11 h/day	60 %	80 %	18 km/h	19.1 °C
June	15 mm	6	11 h/day	71 %	81 %	18 km/h	18.0 °C
July	14 mm	5	11 h/day	72 %	80 %	18 km/h	17.1 °C
August	9 mm	3	11 h/day	71 %	79 %	18 km/h	16.8 °C
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	67 %	78 %	19 km/h	17.0 °C
October	3 mm	0	13 h/day	66 %	77 %	19 km/h	17.8 °C
November	2 mm	0	13 h/day	59 %	76 %	19 km/h	19.2 °C
December	1 mm	0	13 h/day	57 %	75 %	19 km/h	20.4 °C

How Iquique compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Iquique	27 °C	13 °C	61 mm	141
Arica · Chile	28 °C	13 °C	145 mm	107
Tacna · Peru	27 °C	13 °C	82 mm	115
Calama · Chile	25 °C	1.6 °C	38 mm	94
Antofagasta · Chile	25 °C	13 °C	16 mm	26
Oruro · Bolivia	19 °C	-1.4 °C	601 mm	0
Arequipa · Peru	23 °C	7.5 °C	701 mm	7

Where Iquique ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in South America in March	1st of 50	0.4 mm
The driest places in South America in April	3rd of 50	1.4 mm
The driest places in South America in December	4th of 50	0.5 mm
The driest places in South America in February	6th of 50	1.4 mm
The driest places in South America in January	6th of 50	1.2 mm
Places with the best weather in South America year-round	8th of 50	89/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Iquique.

QuestionsCommon questions about Iquique’s climate

When is the best time to visit Iquique?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Iquique get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Iquique?

June, averaging 15 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is March with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 61 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Iquique rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -20.213°, -70.150° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.