Temperature, probability of rain, clouds and ultraviolet rays are some of the information you need to know before leaving home. (GlobeLiveMedia/Jovani Perez)

Due to climate change, variations in the state of the weather are more constant, which means that in a single day there can be high temperatures, constant rains as well as severe frosts; take precautions and check the weather forecast for today March 6 in Antofagasta.

Monday’s weather in Antofagasta will reach 24 degrees, while the minimum temperature It will be 17 degrees. The forecast for ultraviolet ray levels is 11.

As for the rain the probability of precipitation for the said city it will be 2%, with a cloudiness of 57%, during the day; and 2%, with 26% cloudiness, throughout the night.

During this time, wind gusts will reach 26 kilometers per hour during the day and 13 kilometers per hour at night.

Being in the north of Chile, near the coast of the Pacific Ocean and near the Cordillera de la Costa, Antofagasta features a mostly cold desert climate.

This means that in the coastal city winters are cold and summers are hotwhile the rainfall is rare all year.

In Antofagasta, the mean temperature It is around 16 degrees Celsius.

There Maximum temperature average temperature in the city is 20 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature average drops to 14 degrees Celsius.

In this Chilean town there is no rainy seasonIn any case, the month with the most tendency to present rains is September.

The city of Antofagasta has a predominantly arid climate.  (Archive)
The city of Antofagasta has a predominantly arid climate. (Archive)

In Chile Are registered very cold to very hot weather conditionsdue to its geographical location and particular territorial extension.

in the north of the countryfrom the region of Arica and Parinacota, in Valparaíso, three types of climate are distinguished: tundra and desert in its cold and hot variants.

There tundra It is characterized by a dry and always cold climate that occurs throughout the eastern part of the northern zone of Chile, on the border with Bolivia and Argentina.

He hot desert It is the one that predominates in most of the north of the Chilean country, it is characterized by mild winters with nights that drop to zero degrees Celsius, with very hot summers and little rain.

During this time he cold desert It is felt in the northern coastal regions of the Chilean country, where winters are very cold and summers are hot, here too rainfall is very rare.

In the center of the countryfrom the southern part of Valparaíso and up to Bío Bío, the two main climates are the cold semi-arid, the Mediterranean and the Mediterranean with cool summers.

He cold semi-arid It appears in the most northwestern region of the central part of Chile, where the winters are very cold, the summers hot or temperate and the rainfall scarce.

The climate Mediterranean It 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 his part, he Mediterranean with cool summers the most central part of the country appears, the only difference with the previous climate is that its summers are cool, as the name suggests.

In the south part of Chilefrom Araucania to Magallanes, the predominant climates are the tundra, semi-arid and oceanic cold.

He oceanic It is the main climate of the southern zone, where the winters are cold and the summers cool, with rain practically all year round.

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