Arica weather in June

In June, Arica sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 30 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of June to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Arica's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arica's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 30 mm; 12.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 8:15 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; 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 June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical June day in Arica reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°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 21°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and about 1°C warmer than July.

	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
Avg high (°C)	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Arica weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 9th-warmest and 1st-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 June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in June, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 98%.

	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
Clearer (%)	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cloudier (%)	97	97	97	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	2	98
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Arica gets around 30 mm of rain over 12.7 wet days in June, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	46	46	47	47	46	46	46	45	44	44	43	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	39
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	46
20	46
21	47
22	47
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	45
27	44
28	44
29	43
30	42

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 69% 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
Dry (%)	50	52	53	54	55	56	59	60	61	63	64	65	67	69	70	72	73	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83
Comfortable (%)	48	47	46	45	44	43	41	40	39	37	36	35	33	31	30	28	27	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17
Humid (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	48	2
2	52	47	1
3	53	46	1
4	54	45	1
5	55	44	1
6	56	43	1
7	59	41	0
8	60	40	0
9	61	39	0
10	63	37	0
11	64	36	0
12	65	35	0
13	67	33	0
14	69	31	0
15	70	30	0
16	72	28	0
17	73	27	0
18	75	25	0
19	76	24	0
20	77	23	0
21	78	22	0
22	79	21	0
23	80	20	0
24	81	19	0
25	81	19	0
26	82	18	0
27	82	18	0
28	82	18	0
29	83	17	0
30	83	17	0

Wind in June

Winds average 8 km/h in June, the calmest month.

Across June, 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
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
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 8:10 AM to 8:17 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:11 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
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:13	8:13	8:13	8:14	8:14	8:14	8:15	8:15	8:15	8:15	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:16	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17	8:17
Sunset (PM)	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	8:10	7:08
2	11.0	8:10	7:08
3	11.0	8:10	7:08
4	11.0	8:11	7:08
5	10.9	8:11	7:08
6	10.9	8:11	7:08
7	10.9	8:12	7:08
8	10.9	8:12	7:08
9	10.9	8:12	7:08
10	10.9	8:13	7:08
11	10.9	8:13	7:08
12	10.9	8:13	7:08
13	10.9	8:14	7:08
14	10.9	8:14	7:08
15	10.9	8:14	7:08
16	10.9	8:15	7:08
17	10.9	8:15	7:09
18	10.9	8:15	7:09
19	10.9	8:15	7:09
20	10.9	8:16	7:09
21	10.9	8:16	7:09
22	10.9	8:16	7:09
23	10.9	8:16	7:10
24	10.9	8:16	7:10
25	10.9	8:17	7:10
26	10.9	8:17	7:10
27	10.9	8:17	7:11
28	10.9	8:17	7:11
29	10.9	8:17	7:11
30	10.9	8:17	7:11

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.24 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

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 — June's 4.24 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.3	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	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Arica?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Arica for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arica in June

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

In June, Arica sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Arica in June

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in June — 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 June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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

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

June 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	21	15
2	20	15
3	20	15
4	20	15
5	20	15
6	20	15
7	20	15
8	20	14
9	20	14
10	20	14
11	20	14
12	20	14
13	20	14
14	20	14
15	20	14
16	20	14
17	20	14
18	20	14
19	20	14
20	20	14
21	20	14
22	19	14
23	19	14
24	19	14
25	19	14
26	19	14
27	19	14
28	19	14
29	19	14
30	19	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	2	98
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	39
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	46
20	46
21	47
22	47
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	45
27	44
28	44
29	43
30	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	48	2
2	52	47	1
3	53	46	1
4	54	45	1
5	55	44	1
6	56	43	1
7	59	41	0
8	60	40	0
9	61	39	0
10	63	37	0
11	64	36	0
12	65	35	0
13	67	33	0
14	69	31	0
15	70	30	0
16	72	28	0
17	73	27	0
18	75	25	0
19	76	24	0
20	77	23	0
21	78	22	0
22	79	21	0
23	80	20	0
24	81	19	0
25	81	19	0
26	82	18	0
27	82	18	0
28	82	18	0
29	83	17	0
30	83	17	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	2	98
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	39
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	46
20	46
21	47
22	47
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	45
27	44
28	44
29	43
30	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	48	2
2	52	47	1
3	53	46	1
4	54	45	1
5	55	44	1
6	56	43	1
7	59	41	0
8	60	40	0
9	61	39	0
10	63	37	0
11	64	36	0
12	65	35	0
13	67	33	0
14	69	31	0
15	70	30	0
16	72	28	0
17	73	27	0
18	75	25	0
19	76	24	0
20	77	23	0
21	78	22	0
22	79	21	0
23	80	20	0
24	81	19	0
25	81	19	0
26	82	18	0
27	82	18	0
28	82	18	0
29	83	17	0
30	83	17	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	2	98
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	39
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	46
20	46
21	47
22	47
23	46
24	46
25	46
26	45
27	44
28	44
29	43
30	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	48	2
2	52	47	1
3	53	46	1
4	54	45	1
5	55	44	1
6	56	43	1
7	59	41	0
8	60	40	0
9	61	39	0
10	63	37	0
11	64	36	0
12	65	35	0
13	67	33	0
14	69	31	0
15	70	30	0
16	72	28	0
17	73	27	0
18	75	25	0
19	76	24	0
20	77	23	0
21	78	22	0
22	79	21	0
23	80	20	0
24	81	19	0
25	81	19	0
26	82	18	0
27	82	18	0
28	82	18	0
29	83	17	0
30	83	17	0