Climate averages 1991–2020
Arica weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th 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 Arica: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tacna (51 km away). In February its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Arica, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Arica ranks 15th of 40 for the warmest February highs and joint 20th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; Arica is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.3 mm to 3.8 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
Arica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 13.113 h |
| February, selected | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 7.3 | 2.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 26.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 6.9 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 24 | 9.3 | 11.311 h |
| June | 18.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 30 | 12.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 17.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 29 | 10.5 | 11.111 h |
| August | 17.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 20 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 14 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 19.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 8.9 | 1.9 | 12.513 h |
| November | 22.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.2 | 0.3 | 13.013 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 4.7 | 0.8 | 13.213 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
- Tacna in FebruaryPeru · 51 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in FebruaryChile · 194 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in FebruaryChile · 200 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 294 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Puno in FebruaryPeru · 295 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 207 mm rain
- La Paz in FebruaryBolivia · 317 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Juliaca in FebruaryPeru · 331 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 343 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 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 Arica) is explained once on the Arica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.