Climate averages 1991–2020
Copiapó weather
in June.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Copiapó: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Serena (296 km away). In June its highs average 19.2°C, 4.1°C cooler than Copiapó, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Copiapó ranks 1st of 40 for the warmest June highs and 3rd of 40 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 40 cities is 15.1°C; Copiapó is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.2 mm to 5.8 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- La Serena in JuneChile · 296 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Coquimbo in JuneChile · 304 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Ovalle in JuneChile · 369 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Antofagasta in JuneChile · 413 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Catamarca in JuneArgentina · 463 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 20 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in JuneArgentina · 496 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.1°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Rawson in JuneArgentina · 500 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Calama in JuneChile · 564 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 3.5 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 Copiapó) is explained once on the Copiapó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.