Antofagasta
City in Chile: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Montaje de Antofagasta: Montaje realizado por Açipni-Lovrij., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Antofagasta is a city in Chile. About 401,096 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Chile in our atlas.
It lies at 23.65° S, 70.40° W, about 276 m (906 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Santiago time zone.
Location
Red dot: Antofagasta. Green dots: other major cities of Chile. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Antofagasta has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 23°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 13°C (55°F). Around 10 mm (0 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ChileNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Arica · 575 km
- Viña del Mar · 1,047 km
- Valparaíso · 1,049 km
- Santiago · 1,089 km
- Maipú · 1,095 km
- San Bernardo · 1,104 km
- Puente Alto · 1,106 km
- Puerto Montt · 1,995 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3899539 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3612 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Montaje de Antofagasta: Montaje realizado por Açipni-Lovrij., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán, 2014: Juan Araya Contador, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
