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Iquique weather by month

Iquique runs from about 15°C in July to 24°C in February, with March the wettest month at 2 mm.

warmest month

February

24°C

coolest month

July

15°C

wettest month

March

2 mm

worst air month

July

9 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Iquique
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January22°C0 mm388 h6
February24°C1 mm342 h4
March22°C2 mm365 h5
April20°C0 mm331 h7
May17°C0 mm333 h6
June16°C0 mm316 h6
July15°C0 mm329 h9
August15°C0 mm335 h8
September16°C0 mm341 h8
October17°C1 mm378 h8
November19°C1 mm380 h7
December19°C0 mm397 h6

About 4,235 hours of sun a year. Roughly 0 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-24. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.