Climate averages 1991–2020
Iquique weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 8th 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.
September is a warm month in Iquique: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alto Hospicio (8 km away). In September its highs average 20.2°C, 2.7°C cooler than Iquique, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Iquique ranks joint 3rd of 40 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 40 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 40 cities is 17.2°C; Iquique is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.6 mm to 3.0 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 22.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Alto Hospicio in SeptemberChile · 8 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Arica in SeptemberChile · 194 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Tacna in SeptemberPeru · 245 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Calama in SeptemberChile · 280 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Antofagasta in SeptemberChile · 383 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Oruro in SeptemberBolivia · 407 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low -0.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Viacha in SeptemberBolivia · 442 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 32 mm rain
- La Paz in SeptemberBolivia · 464 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 36 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.