Calama weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇱 Chile · highland city · cold desert climate

The best time to visit Calama is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with May and June close behind. Calama averages about 4,353 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in April.

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Sun hours / year

4,353

Sunniest month

April

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

33 mm

Midday UV at peak

16 (extreme)

Population

166k

Elevation

2,290 m

When is the best time to visit Calama?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Calama is April, then May and June. The dullest month is February (98/100, 9 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Calama?

Calama is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 4,353 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 2 Sunshine Score points separate April from February. Calama is the sunniest of the 18 destinations tracked in Chile. Rain is a non-event in Calama — about 33 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Antofagasta Chile · 190 km · best in Jan · 3,624 h sun/yr
• Iquique Chile · 255 km · best in Jan · 2,950 h sun/yr
• Salta Argentina · 436 km · best in Jun · 3,114 h sun/yr
• Arica Chile · 485 km · best in Mar · 2,893 h sun/yr
• Tacna Peru · 515 km · best in Jun · 2,892 h sun/yr
• Copiapo Chile · 562 km · best in Mar · 3,703 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Quijarro Bolivia · 312 km · 4,090 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina · 442 km · 3,114 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Tarija Bolivia · 446 km · 2,731 h sun/yr · best in Jun

Head-to-head

How Calama compares month by month: Calama vs Salta · Calama vs Antofagasta · Calama vs Iquique · Calama vs Copiapo · all comparisons