Iquique weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇱 Chile · seaside town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Iquique is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with February and March close behind. Iquique averages about 2,950 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,950
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 8 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 14 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 227k
- Elevation
- 38 m
When is the best time to visit Iquique?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Iquique is January, then February and March. The dullest month is January (96/100, 1 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Iquique?
Iquique gets a lot of sun: around 2,950 hours a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #6 of 18 destinations in Chile for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,773 hours. Rain is a non-event in Iquique — about 8 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 1 mm | 14 | 19° / 66°F |
| February | 96 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 1 mm | 14 | 21° / 70°F |
| March | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 12 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 9 | 19° / 66°F |
| May | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 0 mm | 7 | 17° / 63°F |
| June | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| July | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| August | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 7 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 9 | 16° / 61°F |
| October | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 0 mm | 11 | 17° / 63°F |
| November | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 13 | 18° / 64°F |
| December | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 14 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Iquique by month
The sea off Iquique is warmest in February at around 21°C / 70°F, and coolest in July at 15°C / 59°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
- Arica Chile · 244 km · best in Mar · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Calama Chile · 255 km · best in Apr · 4,353 h sun/yr
- Tacna Peru · 276 km · best in Jun · 2,892 h sun/yr
- Antofagasta Chile · 325 km · best in Jan · 3,624 h sun/yr
- Arequipa Peru · 489 km · best in Apr · 3,879 h sun/yr
- La Paz / El Alto Bolivia · 494 km · best in Nov · 3,332 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ilo Peru · 339 km · 2,919 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Quijarro Bolivia · 346 km · 4,090 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Head-to-head
How Iquique compares month by month: Iquique vs Antofagasta · Iquique vs Tacna · Iquique vs Arica · Iquique vs Calama · all comparisons
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