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Salar de Pintados

Tarapacá Region, Chile · sea 21.5 °C at its warmest, in February

Salar de Pintados

Photo: Kenov66 · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sea temperature month by month

21.4Jan
21.5Feb
20.7Mar
19.7Apr
19.1May
17.9Jun
17.1Jul
16.8Aug
17Sep
17.8Oct
19.1Nov
20.3Dec

Monthly means in °C, NOAA OISST v2.1 climatology 1991–2020, sampled 45 km offshore — the nearest open-water cell in a 0.25° grid.

About

El salar de Pintados es un salar ubicado en la Región de Tarapacá, Chile, al sur del poblado de La Tirana. La cuenca del salar corresponde en gran parte a la Pampa del Tamarugal.

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Questions

How warm is the sea at Salar de Pintados?

The sea off Salar de Pintados averages 21.5 °C at its warmest, in February, and 16.8 °C at its coolest. These are monthly means from NOAA's OISST v2.1 satellite and buoy record for 1991 to 2020, sampled at the beach's own coordinates.

When can you swim at Salar de Pintados?

The sea reaches 20 °C or more from December to March. Twenty degrees is where most swimmers stop calling water cold; below it, a wetsuit helps.

Where is Salar de Pintados?

Salar de Pintados is on the coast of Tarapacá Region, Chile, at -20.5467, -69.7322. The globe on this site flies straight to it.

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