Skip to content
coastya
Satellite view of Playa Brava; 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 Brava

ChileTarapacá · Chile · Pacific Ocean

-20.2618, -70.1328 · Alto Hospicio, 3 km

  • 22°Sea · February
  • 26°High · February
  • 10.8 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Playa Brava. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Brava in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high12°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 8.3 hSunshine a day
  • 0 daysRainy days in the month0 mm in total
  • 13 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 41Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Playa Brava ↗
  • 31 kmAirport: Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

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 16.9 °C — 0.9 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.0 °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 February22 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and February11 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan21°11 h1 mm
  2. Feb22°11 h1 mm
  3. Mar21°10 h1 mm
  4. Apr20°8 h0 mm
  5. May19°6 h0 mm
  6. Jun18°5 h1 mm
  7. Jul17°5 h1 mm
  8. Aug17°6 h1 mm
  9. Sep17°7 h1 mm
  10. Oct18°8 h0 mm
  11. Nov19°10 h1 mm
  12. Dec20°11 h0 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°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21°Feb: 22°Mar: 21°Apr: 20°May: 19°Jun: 18°Jul: 17°Aug: 17°Sep: 17°Oct: 18°Nov: 19°Dec: 20°22°17°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 17°)Feb: 22 °C (High 26° / Low 17°)Mar: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 16°)Apr: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 14°)May: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)Jun: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Jul: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 10°)Aug: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 10°)Sep: 16 °C (High 21° / Low 11°)Oct: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 12°)Nov: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 13°)Dec: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 15°)22°15°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm0.5 mm1 mm1.5 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1 mmFeb: 1 mm1Mar: 1 mmApr: 0 mm0May: 0 mm0Jun: 1 mmJul: 1 mmAug: 1 mmSep: 1 mmOct: 0 mm0Nov: 1 mmDec: 0 mm0

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10.8 h10.8Feb: 10.7 hMar: 9.9 hApr: 8.1 hMay: 6.4 hJun: 5.1 h5.1Jul: 5.1 h5.1Aug: 5.7 hSep: 6.8 hOct: 8.3 hNov: 9.5 hDec: 10.6 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa Brava: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2617211010.813
Februarywarmest sea2617221010.713
March261621109.912
April231420008.112
May221319006.411
June201118105.111
July201017105.111
August201017105.711
September211117106.812
October221218008.313
November231319109.513
December2515200010.613

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Playa Brava: Playa Brava - panoramio
Photo: eliaszafe · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Brava: Vista Iquique Edificio Mirador Playa Brava
Photo: Gato1401 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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 POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 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 →