Climate averages 1991–2020
Calama weather
in June.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Calama: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antofagasta (201 km away). In June its highs average 18.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Calama, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Calama ranks 3rd of 40 for the warmest June highs and 2nd of 40 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 40 cities is 15.1°C; Calama is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.5 mm to 3.3 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Antofagasta in JuneChile · 201 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in JuneChile · 272 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in JuneChile · 280 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Tarija in JuneBolivia · 444 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Potosí in JuneBolivia · 459 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low -2.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Arica in JuneChile · 465 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 30 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in JuneArgentina · 477 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Tacna in JunePeru · 513 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 4.5 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.