Climate averages 1991–2020
Alto Hospicio weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Alto Hospicio: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iquique (8 km away, marked approximate). In February its highs average 27.7°C, 2.8°C warmer than Alto Hospicio, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Alto Hospicio ranks 21st of 40 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; Alto Hospicio is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.0 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Iquique (approximate) in FebruaryChile · 8 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Arica in FebruaryChile · 200 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Tacna in FebruaryPeru · 251 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Calama in FebruaryChile · 272 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Antofagasta in FebruaryChile · 377 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 407 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 445 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Potosí in FebruaryBolivia · 461 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 148 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.