Climate averages 1991–2020
Arica weather
in June.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Arica: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tacna (51 km away). In June its highs average 19.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Arica, with 4.5 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Arica ranks 9th of 40 for the warmest June highs and joint 6th of 40 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 40 cities is 15.1°C; Arica is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Tacna in JunePeru · 51 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in JuneChile · 194 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in JuneChile · 200 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Viacha in JuneBolivia · 294 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Puno in JunePeru · 295 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 7.7 mm rain
- La Paz in JuneBolivia · 317 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Juliaca in JunePeru · 331 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low -2.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Oruro in JuneBolivia · 343 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 4.9 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.