Climate averages 1991–2020
Alto Hospicio weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Alto Hospicio: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iquique (8 km away, marked approximate). In January its highs average 27.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Alto Hospicio, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Alto Hospicio ranks 25th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Alto Hospicio is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.9 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Iquique (approximate) in JanuaryChile · 8 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Arica in JanuaryChile · 200 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Tacna in JanuaryPeru · 251 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Calama in JanuaryChile · 272 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Antofagasta in JanuaryChile · 377 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Oruro in JanuaryBolivia · 407 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Viacha in JanuaryBolivia · 445 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Potosí in JanuaryBolivia · 461 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 171 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.