Iquique
Iquique
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📷 Zarriquique· Public domainIki iki, tierra de sueños | Iki iki, land of dreams (Aymara)
About
Iquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. Its name comes from the Aymara Language: "Iki Iki," meaning "land of dreams." It has a population of 191,468 according to the 2017 census.
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The next week in Iquique
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
21° / 16°
UV High
Sat
Overcast
22° / 16°
UV High
Sun
Partly cloudy
22° / 16°
UV High
Mon
Partly cloudy
21° / 16°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
21° / 15°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
21° / 16°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
27° / 11°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
11.2h
07:01 – 18:11local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Iquique
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Diego Aracena International Airport (IQQ) at 36 km.
Getting around Iquique
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 4.0, B1mbo.
- Site credits →
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