La Serena
La Serena
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About
La Serena is a city and commune in northern Chile, capital of the Coquimbo Region. Founded in 1544, it is the country's second oldest city after the national capital, Santiago. As of 2012, it had a communal population of roughly 200,000, and was one of the fastest-growing areas of Chile.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article La Serena, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in La Serena
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
19° / 8°
UV Moderate
Sat
Overcast
18° / 11°
UV Moderate
Sun
Clear
18° / 9°
UV Moderate
Mon
Overcast
18° / 9°
UV Moderate
Tue
Overcast
15° / 9°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
14° / 9°
UV Moderate
Thu
In May 17
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
29° / 7°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
10.6h
07:21 – 18:00local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near La Serena
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is La Florida Airport (LSC) at 5 km.
Getting around La Serena
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
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- 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 →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.