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San Pedro de Atacama in July

Mild and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in San Pedro de Atacama is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 34°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.July in San Pedro de Atacama is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 1°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
34°F1°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 2% of days
Daylight
10h 53mon average

Is July a good time to visit San Pedro de Atacama?

A good month, just outside San Pedro de Atacama's best months, which run from December to March.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 68°F in July, against 68°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in July, against 20°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

2% of days in July, against 0% to 24% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in July, against 17% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

10h 53m in July, against 10h 45m to 13h 31m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with July shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. June68°20°low 34°low 1°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. July68°20°low 34°low 1°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. August71°22°low 35°low 2°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where San Pedro de Atacama sits, in July

America/Santiago
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
7:13 AMsets 6:04 PM
Above the sea
2,440 mhigh country
Latitude
22.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Paiguano824 km south

The land around San Pedro de Atacama, shaded by its typical high in July, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Chile in July

high · low · wet days
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in San Pedro de Atacama

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest San Pedro de Atacama. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.