Climate averages 1991–2020
Iquique weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 442 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 2.9°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
August is a warm month in Iquique: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alto Hospicio (8 km away). In August its highs average 19.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Iquique, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Iquique ranks 2nd of 40 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 15.5°C; Iquique is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 5.6 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Iquique climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 27.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 7.6 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 16 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 16 | 6.0 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 22.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| September | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 3.0 | 0.2 | 12.513 h |
| November | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.313 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
August in nearby cities
- Alto Hospicio in AugustChile · 8 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Arica in AugustChile · 194 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Tacna in AugustPeru · 245 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Calama in AugustChile · 280 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Antofagasta in AugustChile · 383 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Oruro in AugustBolivia · 407 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Viacha in AugustBolivia · 442 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 16 mm rain
- La Paz in AugustBolivia · 464 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 21 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 Iquique) is explained once on the Iquique year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.