Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacna weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and one of the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Tacna: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arica (51 km away). In February its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Tacna, with 7.3 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Peru, Tacna ranks 11th of 24 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 24 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Tacna is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 14 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
Tacna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 23 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| February, selected | 26.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 23 | 6.9 | 12.713 h |
| March | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 4.1 | 0.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 19.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.5 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 18.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 3.9 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| August | 19.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.6 | 0.5 | 11.512 h |
| September | 20.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.4 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 21.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.913 h |
| December | 25.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 13.213 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
- Arica in FebruaryChile · 51 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Puno in FebruaryPeru · 243 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Iquique (approximate) in FebruaryChile · 245 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Alto Hospicio in FebruaryChile · 251 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 257 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 mm rain
- La Paz in FebruaryBolivia · 280 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Juliaca in FebruaryPeru · 280 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 334 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 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 Tacna) is explained once on the Tacna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.