Climate averages 1991–2020
Antofagasta weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Antofagasta: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calama (201 km away). In March its highs average 24.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than Antofagasta, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Antofagasta ranks 29th of 40 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Antofagasta is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 8.9 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Calama in MarchChile · 201 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in MarchChile · 377 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in MarchChile · 383 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Copiapó in MarchChile · 413 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Arica in MarchChile · 576 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in MarchArgentina · 622 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Tacna in MarchPeru · 627 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Tarija in MarchBolivia · 628 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 163 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.