Alto Hospicio climate — normals and trends
Alto Hospicio (Chile) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 13 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is February (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Alto Hospicio averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 4 rainy days per year.
Alto Hospicio has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.4 °C (on 8 August 1940) and the coldest 2.7 °C (on 1 August 1947).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Alto HospicioTarapacá
- coords
- -20.27°, -70.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
22.8°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
13mm
Sunshine / day
11.6h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
5.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
4 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.0 °C
Average feels-like low
12.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
24.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.17 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
29.4 °C
8 August 1940
Coldest day
2.7 °C
1 August 1947
Wettest day
23 mm
10 May 1941
Windiest day
22.5 km/h
11 August 1993
Strongest gust
52.9 km/h
11 August 1993
Hottest feels-like
32.5 °C
24 January 1998
Coldest feels-like
-0.3 °C
1 August 1947
Sunniest day
13.0 h
20 November 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 26.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 25.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 23.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 21.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 22.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 23.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Dec | 24.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alto Hospicio?
Alto Hospicio has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 13 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alto Hospicio?
The hottest day measured in Alto Hospicio between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1940, reaching 29.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alto Hospicio?
The coldest day measured in Alto Hospicio between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1947, at 2.7 °C.
Does it snow in Alto Hospicio?
Almost never: Alto Hospicio sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Alto Hospicio warmed?
Yes: Alto Hospicio warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alto Hospicio?
The wettest day measured in Alto Hospicio between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1941, with 23 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alto Hospicio?
The windiest day measured in Alto Hospicio between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1993, with winds reaching 22.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alto Hospicio?
The warmest month in Alto Hospicio is February (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Alto Hospicio?
Alto Hospicio receives on average 13 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 4 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alto Hospicio?
Alto Hospicio gets on average 11.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,234 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Alto Hospicio?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alto Hospicio.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alto Hospicio?
In Alto Hospicio, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.5 °C on 24 January 1998, and the lowest was -0.3 °C on 1 August 1947.
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