Climate averages 1991–2020
Calama weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the wettest 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 Calama: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antofagasta (201 km away). In February its highs average 23.2°C, 1.4°C cooler than Calama, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Calama ranks 24th of 40 for the warmest February highs and joint 24th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; Calama is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 5.6 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
Calama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 13.313 h |
| February, selected | 24.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| March | 24.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 5.6 | 1.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 4.5 | 0.5 | 11.111 h |
| June | 20.6°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 3.5 | 0.3 | 10.811 h |
| July | 20.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| August | 21.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| December | 25.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 13.513 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
- Antofagasta in FebruaryChile · 201 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in FebruaryChile · 272 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in FebruaryChile · 280 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Tarija in FebruaryBolivia · 444 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 191 mm rain
- Potosí in FebruaryBolivia · 459 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Arica in FebruaryChile · 465 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in FebruaryArgentina · 477 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 206 mm rain
- Tacna in FebruaryPeru · 513 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 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 Calama) is explained once on the Calama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.