Climate averages 1991–2020
Antofagasta weather
in April.
A mild, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Antofagasta: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calama (201 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, 3.0°C warmer than Antofagasta, with 2.0 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Antofagasta ranks joint 22nd of 40 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 40 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 40 cities is 20.5°C; Antofagasta is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.9 mm to 10 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
Antofagasta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.6 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| February | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 22.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 8.9 | 2.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 19.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 10 | 3.9 | 11.011 h |
| June | 18.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 13 | 4.0 | 10.711 h |
| July | 17.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 10 | 3.7 | 10.811 h |
| August | 18.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 7.5 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| September | 18.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.2 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 4.5 | 0.9 | 12.613 h |
| November | 20.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| December | 21.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 13.614 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
- Calama in AprilChile · 201 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in AprilChile · 377 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in AprilChile · 383 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Copiapó in AprilChile · 413 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Arica in AprilChile · 576 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 6.9 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in AprilArgentina · 622 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Tacna in AprilPeru · 627 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Tarija in AprilBolivia · 628 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 72 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 Antofagasta) is explained once on the Antofagasta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.