Climate averages 1991–2020
Iquique weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th 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.
February is a warm month in Iquique: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alto Hospicio (8 km away). In February its highs average 24.9°C, 2.8°C cooler than Iquique, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Iquique ranks 12th of 40 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 40 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 40 cities is 25.3°C; Iquique is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.5 mm to under 1 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Alto Hospicio in FebruaryChile · 8 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Arica in FebruaryChile · 194 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Tacna in FebruaryPeru · 245 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Calama in FebruaryChile · 280 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Antofagasta in FebruaryChile · 383 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 407 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 442 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 mm rain
- La Paz in FebruaryBolivia · 464 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 116 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.