La Serena-Coquimbo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇱 Chile · seaside town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit La Serena-Coquimbo is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with February and March close behind. La Serena-Coquimbo averages about 2,601 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,601
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 91 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 161k
- Elevation
- 140 m
When is the best time to visit La Serena-Coquimbo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit La Serena-Coquimbo is January, then February and March. The dullest month is June (90/100, 25 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is La Serena-Coquimbo?
La Serena-Coquimbo gets a lot of sun: around 2,601 hours a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 4 Sunshine Score points separate January from June. It ranks #12 of 18 destinations in Chile for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,773 hours. Rain is a non-event in La Serena-Coquimbo — about 91 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 11 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 11 | 19° / 66°F |
| March | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 8 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 94 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 2 mm | 6 | 16° / 61°F |
| May | 91 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 19 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| June | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 25 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| July | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 21 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 92 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 13 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| September | 94 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 3 mm | 6 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 94 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 3 mm | 8 | 15° / 59°F |
| November | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 10 | 16° / 61°F |
| December | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 11 | 16° / 61°F |
Sea temperature in La Serena-Coquimbo by month
The sea off La Serena-Coquimbo is warmest in February at around 19°C / 66°F, and coolest in July at 13°C / 55°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Copiapo Chile · 298 km · best in Mar · 3,703 h sun/yr
- Santiago Chile · 389 km · best in Mar · 3,263 h sun/yr
- Mendoza Argentina · 397 km · best in Sep · 3,504 h sun/yr
- Cordoba Argentina · 687 km · best in Aug · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Antofagasta Chile · 723 km · best in Jan · 3,624 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 782 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- La Rioja Argentina · 430 km · 3,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Catamarca Argentina · 549 km · 2,917 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- San Rafael Argentina · 582 km · 3,468 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How La Serena-Coquimbo compares month by month: La Serena-Coquimbo vs Santiago · La Serena-Coquimbo vs Mendoza · La Serena-Coquimbo vs Copiapo · all comparisons
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