Climate averages 1991–2020
Copiapó weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Copiapó: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical February (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Serena (296 km away). In February its highs average 25.7°C, 3.7°C cooler than Copiapó, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Copiapó ranks joint 2nd of 40 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; Copiapó is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.5 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
Copiapó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| February, selected | 29.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.013 h |
| March | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.5 | 0.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 24.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 7.7 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| June | 23.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 6.2 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 23.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 24.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| December | 28.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.814 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
- La Serena in FebruaryChile · 296 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Coquimbo in FebruaryChile · 304 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Ovalle in FebruaryChile · 369 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Antofagasta in FebruaryChile · 413 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Catamarca in FebruaryArgentina · 463 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 118 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in FebruaryArgentina · 496 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Rawson in FebruaryArgentina · 500 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Calama in FebruaryChile · 564 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 11 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 Copiapó) is explained once on the Copiapó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.