Climate averages 1991–2020
Alto Hospicio weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Alto Hospicio: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iquique (8 km away, marked approximate). In April its highs average 25.3°C, 2.7°C warmer than Alto Hospicio, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Alto Hospicio ranks 13th of 40 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 20.5°C; Alto Hospicio is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Alto Hospicio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 13.213 h |
| February | 24.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 12.813 h |
| March | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| July | 19.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.011 h |
| August | 19.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| September | 20.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 20.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.513 h |
| November | 21.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 23.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.313 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Iquique (approximate) in AprilChile · 8 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Arica in AprilChile · 200 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Tacna in AprilPeru · 251 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Calama in AprilChile · 272 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Antofagasta in AprilChile · 377 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 407 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Viacha in AprilBolivia · 445 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Potosí in AprilBolivia · 461 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 35 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alto Hospicio) is explained once on the Alto Hospicio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.