Climate averages 1991–2020
Antofagasta weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest 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 Antofagasta: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calama (201 km away). In February its highs average 24.6°C, 1.4°C warmer than Antofagasta, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Antofagasta ranks 32nd of 40 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; Antofagasta is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.8 mm to 3.5 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Calama in FebruaryChile · 201 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in FebruaryChile · 377 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in FebruaryChile · 383 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Copiapó in FebruaryChile · 413 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Arica in FebruaryChile · 576 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in FebruaryArgentina · 622 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 206 mm rain
- Tacna in FebruaryPeru · 627 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Tarija in FebruaryBolivia · 628 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 191 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.