Copiapo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇱 Chile · seaside town · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Copiapo is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with April and September close behind. Copiapo averages about 3,703 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,703
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 40 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 14 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 129k
- Elevation
- 197 m
When is the best time to visit Copiapo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Copiapo is March, then April and September. The dullest month is July (91/100, 6 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Copiapo?
Copiapo is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,703 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 9 Sunshine Score points separate March from July. It ranks #2 of 18 destinations in Chile for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,773 hours. Rain is a non-event in Copiapo — about 40 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 3 mm | 14 | 19° / 66°F |
| February | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 3 mm | 13 | 21° / 70°F |
| March | 100 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 2 mm | 11 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 100 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 2 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| May | 99 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 5 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| June | 99 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 8 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| July | 91 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 6 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 99 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 5 mm | 6 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 100 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 2 mm | 8 | 15° / 59°F |
| October | 100 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 1 mm | 10 | 16° / 61°F |
| November | 100 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 1 mm | 12 | 18° / 64°F |
| December | 100 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 2 mm | 13 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Copiapo by month
The sea off Copiapo is warmest in February at around 21°C / 70°F, and coolest in July at 14°C / 57°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 1 month a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- La Serena-Coquimbo Chile · 298 km · best in Jan · 2,601 h sun/yr
- Antofagasta Chile · 426 km · best in Jan · 3,624 h sun/yr
- Calama Chile · 562 km · best in Apr · 4,353 h sun/yr
- Salta Argentina · 592 km · best in Jun · 3,114 h sun/yr
- Mendoza Argentina · 648 km · best in Sep · 3,504 h sun/yr
- Santiago Chile · 682 km · best in Mar · 3,263 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- La Rioja Argentina · 456 km · 3,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Catamarca Argentina · 516 km · 2,917 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- San Miguel de Tucumán Argentina · 564 km · 2,970 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Copiapo compares month by month: Copiapo vs Salta · Copiapo vs Antofagasta · Copiapo vs Calama · Copiapo vs La Serena-Coquimbo · all comparisons
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