Arica weather in July

In July, Arica sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 29 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Arica's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arica's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 29 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 8:17 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Arica is city of Chile.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 5,554/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1541

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical July day in Arica reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	14
2	19	14
3	19	14
4	19	14
5	19	14
6	19	14
7	19	14
8	19	13
9	19	13
10	19	13
11	19	13
12	19	13
13	19	13
14	19	13
15	19	13
16	19	13
17	19	13
18	19	13
19	19	13
20	19	13
21	19	13
22	19	13
23	19	13
24	19	13
25	19	13
26	19	13
27	19	13
28	19	13
29	19	13
30	19	13
31	19	13

Arica weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 20°	10	2.3	13	7.4
Feb	26° / 20°	7	2	12.6	7.4
Mar	26° / 19°	4	0.7	12.1	7.8
Apr	24° / 18°	7	1.7	11.6	8.0
May	22° / 16°	24	8.9	11.1	6.5
Jun	20° / 14°	30	12.7	10.9	5.6
Jul	19° / 13°	29	10.6	11	5.7
Aug	19° / 14°	20	6.8	11.4	6.2
Sep	20° / 14°	15	4.4	11.9	6.7
Oct	21° / 15°	9	2	12.4	7.3
Nov	23° / 16°	4	0.3	12.9	8.1
Dec	25° / 18°	5	0.8	13.1	8.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 99%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Cloudier (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Arica gets around 29 mm of rain over 10.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	41	40	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	40
4	39
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	35
12	35
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	30
31	30

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	83	84	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	88	89	90	90	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
Comfortable (%)	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	88	12
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
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4	8	calm
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27	8	calm
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29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:17 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 7:22 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:17	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:18	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:15	8:15	8:15	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:13	8:13
Sunset (PM)	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	8:17	7:12
2	10.9	8:18	7:12
3	10.9	8:18	7:12
4	10.9	8:18	7:13
5	10.9	8:18	7:13
6	10.9	8:18	7:13
7	10.9	8:18	7:13
8	10.9	8:18	7:14
9	10.9	8:18	7:14
10	10.9	8:18	7:14
11	11.0	8:18	7:15
12	11.0	8:18	7:15
13	11.0	8:18	7:15
14	11.0	8:17	7:16
15	11.0	8:17	7:16
16	11.0	8:17	7:16
17	11.0	8:17	7:17
18	11.0	8:17	7:17
19	11.0	8:17	7:18
20	11.0	8:16	7:18
21	11.0	8:16	7:18
22	11.0	8:16	7:19
23	11.1	8:16	7:19
24	11.1	8:15	7:19
25	11.1	8:15	7:20
26	11.1	8:15	7:20
27	11.1	8:14	7:20
28	11.1	8:14	7:21
29	11.1	8:14	7:21
30	11.1	8:13	7:21
31	11.1	8:13	7:22

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.76 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 4.39 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Arica?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

2.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Arica for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arica in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Arica sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Arica in July

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in August near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Nov 28 to Apr 30 — about 5.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	22	23	22	20	20	19	17	17	17	18	20	21
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	22	Refreshing
Feb	23	Refreshing
Mar	22	Refreshing
Apr	20	Refreshing
May	20	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Arica in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arica peaks around February 9 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	13	11	8	7	7	9	11	13	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Arica?

Arica sits at 18.5°S, 70.3°W, 80 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Tacna, 51 km away.

Topography around Arica

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Arica.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arica has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 863 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,342 m.

The land around Arica is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and bare terrain (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) and water (37%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (69%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

290 m

artificial surfaces 53%

16 km

863 m

bare terrain 56%

80 km

4,342 m

bare terrain 69%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← June Arica year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Tacna 51 km · Ilo 145 km · San Antonio 155 km · Moquegua 157 km · Iquique 194 km · Alto Hospicio 200 km · Pozo Almonte 205 km · Mollendo 243 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Arica (-18.4755°, -70.3006°, elevation 80 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	14
2	19	14
3	19	14
4	19	14
5	19	14
6	19	14
7	19	14
8	19	13
9	19	13
10	19	13
11	19	13
12	19	13
13	19	13
14	19	13
15	19	13
16	19	13
17	19	13
18	19	13
19	19	13
20	19	13
21	19	13
22	19	13
23	19	13
24	19	13
25	19	13
26	19	13
27	19	13
28	19	13
29	19	13
30	19	13
31	19	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	40
4	39
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	35
12	35
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	30
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	88	12
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	14
2	19	14
3	19	14
4	19	14
5	19	14
6	19	14
7	19	14
8	19	13
9	19	13
10	19	13
11	19	13
12	19	13
13	19	13
14	19	13
15	19	13
16	19	13
17	19	13
18	19	13
19	19	13
20	19	13
21	19	13
22	19	13
23	19	13
24	19	13
25	19	13
26	19	13
27	19	13
28	19	13
29	19	13
30	19	13
31	19	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	40
4	39
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	35
12	35
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	30
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	88	12
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	14
2	19	14
3	19	14
4	19	14
5	19	14
6	19	14
7	19	14
8	19	13
9	19	13
10	19	13
11	19	13
12	19	13
13	19	13
14	19	13
15	19	13
16	19	13
17	19	13
18	19	13
19	19	13
20	19	13
21	19	13
22	19	13
23	19	13
24	19	13
25	19	13
26	19	13
27	19	13
28	19	13
29	19	13
30	19	13
31	19	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	40
4	39
5	38
6	37
7	37
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	35
12	35
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	30
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	83	17
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	88	12
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5