Skip to content
coastya
Satellite view of Playa Blanca; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa Blanca

ChileAntofagasta · Chile · Pacific Ocean

-23.6765, -70.4133 · Antofagasta, 3 km

  • 20°Sea · February
  • 23°High · February
  • 12.7 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Playa Blanca. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Blanca in October

  • 18°CAir, daytime high14°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 10.6 hSunshine a day
  • 0 daysRainy days in the month0 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access.

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 16.6 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.0 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJanuary and February20 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December13 h of sun a day
Least rainMay and September0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan20°12 h1 mm
  2. Feb20°12 h2 mm
  3. Mar19°11 h1 mm
  4. Apr18°10 h0 mm
  5. May17°8 h0 mm
  6. Jun16°7 h2 mm
  7. Jul15°7 h1 mm
  8. Aug15°8 h2 mm
  9. Sep15°10 h0 mm
  10. Oct16°11 h0 mm
  11. Nov18°12 h0 mm
  12. Dec19°13 h1 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
16°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20°Feb: 20°Mar: 19°Apr: 18°May: 17°Jun: 16°Jul: 15°Aug: 15°Sep: 15°Oct: 16°Nov: 18°Dec: 19°20°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 19°)Feb: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 20°)Mar: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 18°)Apr: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 17°)May: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 15°)Jun: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Jul: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Aug: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Sep: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Oct: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Nov: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)Dec: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 17°)22°15°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm1 mm2 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1 mmFeb: 2 mmMar: 1 mmApr: 0 mmMay: 0 mm0Jun: 2 mm2Jul: 1 mmAug: 2 mmSep: 0 mm0Oct: 0 mmNov: 0 mm0Dec: 1 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12.2 hFeb: 11.6 hMar: 10.8 hApr: 9.6 hMay: 8.1 hJun: 7.0 h7.0Jul: 7.2 hAug: 8.2 hSep: 9.5 hOct: 10.6 hNov: 11.7 hDec: 12.7 h12.7

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa Blanca: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa Blanca: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2319201012.212
Februarywarmest sea2320202011.612
March2218191010.812
April211718009.611
May191517008.111
June181416207.011
July171315107.211
August171315208.211
September171315009.512
October1814160010.612
November1916180011.712
December2117191012.712

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Plan your trip

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER29 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.129 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

See every data source →