Climate

Antofagasta logs 0 hot days a year to Pozo Almonte's 17 — Antofagasta wins by 17. Pozo Almonte also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 2.

AntofagastaPozo Almonte
Sunny days
355359
Hot days
017
Frost days
00
Rain days
370
Outdoor dinner months
7/129/12
Avg wind
3.8 m/s2.5 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,6233,756
Darkest month sun
250 hrs/mo277 hrs/mo
UV peak month
14.114.9

Antofagasta

Feels-like °C

25
26
25
23
21
19
18
19
20
21
22
24

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Pozo Almonte

Feels-like °C

29
29
29
26
24
22
22
23
25
27
28
29

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Antofagasta averages 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Pozo Almonte's 12.9 µg/m³ (moderate) — Pozo Almonte breathes ~10% cleaner air (1.5 µg/m³ lower).

Antofagasta

Pozo Almonte

14.3µg/m³
12.9µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Moderate
Moderate

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Antofagasta (365K) and Pozo Almonte (16K) are 23x in population — Antofagasta is the larger metro, Pozo Almonte the smaller.

23x

Antofagasta is roughly 23x the scale of Pozo Almonte

Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)

CL flagAntofagasta
23x
CL flagPozo Almonte
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.CL flagAntofagasta365K23x
2.CL flagPozo Almonte16K1x

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
AntofagastaPozo Almonte

Frequently asked about Antofagasta vs Pozo Almonte

How does the climate compare between Antofagasta and Pozo Almonte?
Sunny days: 355 vs 359 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 3,623 vs 3,756 hrs — Pozo Almonte higher Winter sunshine: 250 vs 277 hrs/day — Pozo Almonte higher Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 17 d — Antofagasta lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 37 vs 0 d — Pozo Almonte lower
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