Arica, Chile climate

BWh Hot desert

Arica has a mildly seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is February with an average daily high near 79°F, while the coldest is July averaging around 58°F at night. Precipitation totals about 0 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — July alone averages 0.0 inches while April barely receives 0.00 inches.

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 79°F in February.

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 58°F in July.

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 0 in of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Arica climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	78	79	78	74	70	67	65	65	66	69	72	75
Avg temp (°F)	73	73	72	68	65	63	61	61	62	64	67	70
Avg low (°F)	68	68	67	63	61	59	58	59	59	61	63	65
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	78	79	78	74	70	67
Avg temp (°F)	73	73	72	68	65	63
Avg low (°F)	68	68	67	63	61	59
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	65	65	66	69	72	75
Avg temp (°F)	61	61	62	64	67	70
Avg low (°F)	58	59	59	61	63	65
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	61	57	50	56	68	75	77	78	75	73	66	61
Relative humidity (%)	82	82	83	85	86	87	87	87	87	85	83	82
Wind speed (mph)	9.3	8.9	9.1	10.1	10.9	11.3	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.5	11.2	10.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	61	57	50	56	68	75
Relative humidity (%)	82	82	83	85	86	87
Wind speed (mph)	9.3	8.9	9.1	10.1	10.9	11.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	77	78	75	73	66	61
Relative humidity (%)	87	87	87	85	83	82
Wind speed (mph)	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.5	11.2	10.2

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the WMO's CLINO 1991–2020 collection, measured at Chacallutaaeropuertoarica, about 14 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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