Arica
City in Chile: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Catedral de San Marcos I, Región de Arica - Chile.: Eduardo Banderas G., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Arica is a city in Chile, in Arica y Parinacota Region. About 241,653 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Chile in our atlas.
It lies at 18.48° S, 70.30° W, about 80 m (262 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Santiago time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Arica. Green dots: other major cities of Chile. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Arica has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 24°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 9°C (48°F). Around 27 mm (1 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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.
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- Antofagasta · 575 km
- Viña del Mar · 1,620 km
- Valparaíso · 1,622 km
- Santiago · 1,663 km
- Maipú · 1,670 km
- San Bernardo · 1,678 km
- Puente Alto · 1,680 km
- Puerto Montt · 2,567 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3899361 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2203 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Catedral de San Marcos I, Región de Arica - Chile.: Eduardo Banderas G., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)