Skip to content
World Measure
City profile · Chile · South America

Copiapó

Atacama · Chile
City population
129,280
#30
in Chile
#1
in Atacama
#4,421
worldwide
SantiagoCopiapó
-27.367, -70.332 · 678 km from Santiago
Share of Chile
0.7%
Of the national population
Elevation
381 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
To Santiago
Time zone
America/Santiago
IANA zone identifier

About Copiapó

Copiapó is a city in Atacama, Chile with a population of 129,280. It is the 30th largest of the 139 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Chile, and the 4,421st largest worldwide. It lies 678 km from Santiago.

Position in Chile
#30of 139
LargestSmallest
Position in Atacama
#1of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Atacama
Rank in region
#1of 3
Coordinates
-27.367, -70.332
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 139 in Chile

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

Explore