Climate averages 1991–2020
Arica weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 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 Arica: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tacna (51 km away). In March its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Arica, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Arica ranks 10th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Arica is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.8 mm to 6.9 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Tacna in MarchPeru · 51 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in MarchChile · 194 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in MarchChile · 200 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Viacha in MarchBolivia · 294 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Puno in MarchPeru · 295 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 174 mm rain
- La Paz in MarchBolivia · 317 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Juliaca in MarchPeru · 331 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 343 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 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.