Tacna weather in July

In July, Tacna sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 33% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Tacna's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tacna's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:16 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Tacna is city of Peru, capital of Tacna region.

Founded: 1875

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 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Tacna reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 22°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	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	13	13	13

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

Tacna weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 17°	23	6.5	13	7.0
Feb	25° / 18°	23	6.9	12.6	6.8
Mar	25° / 17°	14	4.1	12.1	7.6
Apr	24° / 16°	2	0.4	11.6	8.6
May	22° / 15°	4	0.4	11.2	8.2
Jun	21° / 14°	5	0.4	10.9	7.8
Jul	20° / 13°	4	0.5	11	7.7
Aug	20° / 14°	4	0.5	11.4	7.9
Sep	21° / 14°	2	0.2	11.9	8.1
Oct	22° / 15°	1	0	12.4	8.2
Nov	23° / 15°	1	0.2	12.8	8.5
Dec	24° / 16°	6	1.4	13.1	8.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 40% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	76	76	76	75	75	75
Cloudier (%)	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	24	25	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Tacna gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.5 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 1% 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 (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 (%)	99	99	99	99	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
Comfortable (%)	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	0	0	0

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

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
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7	6	calm
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21	6	calm
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25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:22 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	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12
Sunset (PM)	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:16	5:12
2	10.9	6:16	5:13
3	10.9	6:17	5:13
4	10.9	6:17	5:13
5	10.9	6:17	5:14
6	11.0	6:17	5:14
7	11.0	6:17	5:14
8	11.0	6:17	5:14
9	11.0	6:17	5:15
10	11.0	6:17	5:15
11	11.0	6:17	5:15
12	11.0	6:17	5:16
13	11.0	6:16	5:16
14	11.0	6:16	5:16
15	11.0	6:16	5:17
16	11.0	6:16	5:17
17	11.0	6:16	5:17
18	11.0	6:16	5:18
19	11.0	6:16	5:18
20	11.1	6:15	5:18
21	11.1	6:15	5:19
22	11.1	6:15	5:19
23	11.1	6:15	5:20
24	11.1	6:14	5:20
25	11.1	6:14	5:20
26	11.1	6:14	5:21
27	11.1	6:14	5:21
28	11.1	6:13	5:21
29	11.1	6:13	5:22
30	11.2	6:12	5:22
31	11.2	6:12	5:22

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 4.53 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)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Tacna?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Tacna for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Tacna in July

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

In July, Tacna sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Tacna in July

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 41 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 26 to May 7 — about 5.4 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	21	20	19	18	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	21	Refreshing
May	20	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Tacna 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 Tacna peaks around February 9 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 7 (very 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)	16	16	13	12	9	7	7	10	12	14	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tacna?

Tacna sits at 18.0°S, 70.3°W, 567 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Arica, 51 km away.

Topography around Tacna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tacna has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m around an average of 582 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,180 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,938 m.

The land around Tacna is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and bare terrain (35%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (71%) within 80 km.

3 km

309 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

1,180 m

bare terrain 90%

80 km

5,938 m

bare terrain 71%

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

July weather nearby: Arica 51 km · San Antonio 114 km · Moquegua 116 km · Ilo 123 km · Mollendo 217 km · Ciudad Satelite 222 km · Jacobo Hunter 223 km · Ilave 224 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
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 Tacna (-18.0146°, -70.2536°, elevation 567 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	20	14
2	20	14
3	20	14
4	20	14
5	20	13
6	20	13
7	20	13
8	20	13
9	20	13
10	20	13
11	20	13
12	20	13
13	20	13
14	20	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	13
21	20	13
22	20	13
23	20	13
24	20	13
25	20	13
26	20	13
27	20	13
28	20	13
29	20	13
30	20	13
31	20	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

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