Climate averages 1991–2020
Iquique weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 9th 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.
May is a warm month in Iquique: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alto Hospicio (8 km away). In May its highs average 21.2°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 May highs and 3rd of 40 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 40 cities is 17.5°C; Iquique is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.6 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Alto Hospicio in MayChile · 8 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Arica in MayChile · 194 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Tacna in MayPeru · 245 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Calama in MayChile · 280 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Antofagasta in MayChile · 383 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Oruro in MayBolivia · 407 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Viacha in MayBolivia · 442 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 14 mm rain
- La Paz in MayBolivia · 464 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 16 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.