Climate averages 1991–2020
Iquique weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd 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.
January is a warm month in Iquique: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alto Hospicio (8 km away). In January its highs average 24.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Iquique, with 2.9 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Iquique ranks 16th of 40 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 40 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 40 cities is 25.5°C; Iquique is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Alto Hospicio in JanuaryChile · 8 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Arica in JanuaryChile · 194 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Tacna in JanuaryPeru · 245 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Calama in JanuaryChile · 280 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Antofagasta in JanuaryChile · 383 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Oruro in JanuaryBolivia · 407 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Viacha in JanuaryBolivia · 442 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 143 mm rain
- La Paz in JanuaryBolivia · 464 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 132 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.