Climate averages 1991–2020
Iquique weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 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.
March is a warm month in Iquique: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alto Hospicio (8 km away). In March its highs average 24.2°C, 2.8°C cooler than Iquique, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Iquique ranks 7th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 23.9°C; Iquique is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Alto Hospicio in MarchChile · 8 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Arica in MarchChile · 194 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Tacna in MarchPeru · 245 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Calama in MarchChile · 280 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Antofagasta in MarchChile · 383 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 407 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Viacha in MarchBolivia · 442 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 96 mm rain
- La Paz in MarchBolivia · 464 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 89 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.