Iquique Weather in March
Iquique in March
The short of it: Iquique in March averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 0.0 mm (0.00 in) of rain and about 12 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 17° · rain 0.0 mm · daylight 12 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & March
Thirty years of records give Iquique an average March high of 23°, a low of 17° and some 0.0 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 23°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 0.0 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 15 min in mid-March, 32 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates March 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and March.
Against its neighbours, Iquique runs cooler than most and about as wet in March. Alto Hospicio, 8 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
March in Iquique, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 1° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alto HospicioTarapacá | 8 km SE | 23° | 15° | 0.0 mm |
| Pozo AlmonteTarapacá | 38 km E | 25° | 13° | 0.0 mm |
| BaquedanoTarapacá | 42 km ENE | 25° | 13° | 0.0 mm |
| HuaraTarapacá | 46 km ENE | 25° | 13° | 1.0 mm |
| La TiranaTarapacá | 53 km ESE | 25° | 13° | 1.0 mm |
| ChanavayitaTarapacá | 55 km S | 24° | 17° | 0.0 mm |
| MatillaTarapacá | 89 km ESE | 26° | 13° | 1.0 mm |
| PicaTarapacá | 91 km ESE | 25° | 12° | 2.0 mm |