Caldera weather in July

In July, Caldera sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Caldera's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caldera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 8:35 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Caldera is settlement in Chile.

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 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Caldera reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Caldera 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	21° / 16°	0	0	13.5	8.6
Feb	21° / 16°	0	0	13	8.7
Mar	20° / 15°	1	0.1	12.2	8.5
Apr	19° / 14°	1	0.1	11.4	8.0
May	17° / 13°	3	0.7	10.7	7.2
Jun	16° / 11°	4	0.5	10.3	6.6
Jul	16° / 11°	4	0.7	10.5	6.3
Aug	16° / 11°	3	0.4	11	6.5
Sep	16° / 11°	1	0.1	11.8	6.9
Oct	17° / 12°	0	0.1	12.6	7.3
Nov	18° / 13°	0	0	13.3	7.9
Dec	20° / 14°	0	0	13.7	8.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

	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 (%)	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Caldera gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 3% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:37 AM to 8:29 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:10 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:35	8:35	8:35	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:30	8:29	8:29
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:37	6:56
2	10.3	8:37	6:56
3	10.3	8:37	6:57
4	10.3	8:37	6:57
5	10.3	8:37	6:57
6	10.3	8:37	6:58
7	10.4	8:37	6:58
8	10.4	8:37	6:59
9	10.4	8:37	6:59
10	10.4	8:37	7:00
11	10.4	8:37	7:00
12	10.4	8:36	7:00
13	10.4	8:36	7:01
14	10.4	8:36	7:01
15	10.4	8:36	7:02
16	10.4	8:35	7:02
17	10.5	8:35	7:03
18	10.5	8:35	7:03
19	10.5	8:35	7:04
20	10.5	8:34	7:04
21	10.5	8:34	7:05
22	10.5	8:33	7:05
23	10.5	8:33	7:06
24	10.6	8:32	7:06
25	10.6	8:32	7:07
26	10.6	8:32	7:07
27	10.6	8:31	7:08
28	10.6	8:30	7:08
29	10.7	8:30	7:09
30	10.7	8:29	7:10
31	10.7	8:29	7:10

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 9 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 4.13 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)	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Caldera?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Caldera for sightseeing.

What to pack for Caldera in July

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

In July, Caldera sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Caldera in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 20°C and coldest in August near 14°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	19	20	19	18	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	18
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	20	Cool
Mar	19	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	15	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Caldera in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Caldera peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	14	14	12	7	5	4	4	6	9	12	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	5	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Caldera?

Caldera sits at 27.1°S, 70.8°W, 23 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Copiapó, 59 km away.

Topography around Caldera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caldera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 789 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,395 m.

The land around Caldera is covered by bare terrain (64%) and water (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (60%) and water (38%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (65%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

bare terrain 64%

16 km

789 m

bare terrain 60%

80 km

2,395 m

bare terrain 65%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

July weather nearby: Copiapó 59 km · Vallenar 168 km · La Serena 318 km · Coquimbo 325 km · Vicuña 330 km · Belén 380 km · Antofagasta 382 km · Ovalle 395 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 Caldera (-27.0681°, -70.8192°, elevation 23 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	16	11
2	16	11
3	16	11
4	16	11
5	16	11
6	16	11
7	16	11
8	16	11
9	16	11
10	16	11
11	16	11
12	16	11
13	16	11
14	16	11
15	16	11
16	16	11
17	16	11
18	16	11
19	16	11
20	16	11
21	16	11
22	16	11
23	16	11
24	16	11
25	16	11
26	16	11
27	16	11
28	16	11
29	16	11
30	16	11
31	16	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

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