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Will it rain today in San Pedro de Atacama?

Should you take an umbrella in San Pedro de Atacama? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

No rain expected in San Pedro de Atacama for the rest of today. Tomorrow looks dry.

Rain now0 mm/hdry
Next rain–none in the next 2 days
Today0 mm0 wet hours
Tomorrow0 mm0 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

Dry: no rain in the forecast. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
06:00–09:0000dry
09:00–12:0000dry
12:00–15:0000dry
15:00–18:0000dry
18:00–21:0000dry
21:00–00:0000dry

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

Dry: no rain in the forecast.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
00:00–03:0000dry
03:00–06:0000dry
06:00–09:0000dry
09:00–12:0000dry
12:00–15:0000dry
15:00–18:0000dry
18:00–21:0000dry
21:00–00:0000dry

Times in local time (America/Santiago). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around San Pedro de Atacama

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on San Pedro de Atacama

How much it rains in San Pedro de Atacama, month by month

San Pedro de Atacama gets about 29 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is February (8 mm), the driest June (0 mm); a normal October brings 1 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in San Pedro de Atacama?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: No rain expected in San Pedro de Atacama for the rest of today. Tomorrow looks dry. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in San Pedro de Atacama?
About 29 mm a year on average (2001–2025). February is the wettest month with 8 mm, June the driest with 0 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around San Pedro de Atacama.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at San Pedro de Atacama and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.