To avoid any unforeseen events it is important to know the weather forecast
As a result of climate change, the changes in the weather are more constant, which means that in a single day there can be high temperatures, constant rains as well as strong frosts; take precautions and know the weather forecast for this December 10 in Antofagasta.
In Antofagasta, a maximum temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 16 degrees Celsius are forecast.
As for rain, the probability of precipitation for this city will be 2% during the day and 2% throughout the night.
In the same sense, the cloudiness will be 35% during the day and 74% during the night. While the gusts of wind will reach 30 kilometers per hour in the day and 18 kilometers per hour at night.
Beware of the sun, UV rays are expected to reach a level of up to 13.
Arid: the climate of Antofagasta
Being in the north of Chile, close to the coast of the Pacific Ocean and near the Cordillera de la Costa, the city of Antofagasta presents a mainly cold arid weather state.
This means that in the coastal city the winters are cold and the summers are warm, while rainfall is scarce throughout the year.
In Antofagasta the average temperature is around 16 degrees Celsius.
The average maximum temperature in the city rises to 20 degrees Celsius and the average minimum temperature drops to 14 degrees Celsius.
In this Chilean city there is no rainy season, in any case, the month with the most tendency to present rains is September.
What is the weather like in Chile?
In Chile, weather conditions ranging from very cold to very hot are reported, due to its geographical location and its particular territorial extension.
To the north of the Chilean country, from the region of Arica and Parinacota, to Valparaíso, three types of climate stand out: tundra and desert in its cold and warm variants.
The tundra is characterized by a dry and always cold climate that occurs throughout the eastern part of the {part|region|northern zone of Chile, on the border with Bolivia and Argentina.
The hot desert is the one that predominates in most of the northern part of the country, it is characterized by having mild winters with nights that reach zero degrees Celsius, with very hot summers and little rain.
While the cold desert occurs in the northern coastal parts of the Chilean country, where winters are very cold and summers are hot, here too rainfall is very low.
In central Chile, from the southern part of Valparaíso and up to Bío Bío, the two main climates are the cold semi-arid, the Mediterranean, and the cool-summer Mediterranean.
The cold semiarid appears in the most northwestern region of the central part of the country, where winters are very cold, summers are warm or temperate, and rainfall is scarce.
The Mediterranean climate is the most abundant in the center of the Chilean country and is characterized by mild winters, hot summers and a marked rainy season.
For its part, the Mediterranean with cool summers appears in the most central part of the country, the only difference with the previous climate is that its summers are cool, as its name says.
In the southern part of Chile, from Araucanía to Magallanes, the predominant climates are tundra, cold semi-arid, and oceanic.
The oceanic climate is the main climate in the southern region, where winters are cold and summers are cool, with rain practically all year round.