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Places with the best weather in South America in April: ranked by comfort score

Quilicura tops the list at 98 /100 in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in April: Quilicura (98 /100) , Santiago (97 /100) , Maipú (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 12 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Quilicura Chile 98 /100 23 °C 11 °C 37 mm 4 302 h –
2 Santiago Chile 97 /100 22 °C 10 °C 28 mm 3 300 h –
3 Maipú Chile 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 28 mm 3 300 h –
4 Puente Alto Chile 96 /100 22 °C 9.2 °C 39 mm 4 299 h –
5 Neuquén Argentina 95 /100 21 °C 10 °C 22 mm 3 282 h –
6 La Serena Chile 94 /100 22 °C 16 °C 3 mm 1 295 h 16 °C
7 San Luis Argentina 94 /100 22 °C 13 °C 53 mm 7 274 h –
8 Rancagua Chile 94 /100 22 °C 8.8 °C 44 mm 4 292 h –
9 Coquimbo Chile 94 /100 21 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 295 h 16 °C
10 Tacna Peru 93 /100 24 °C 16 °C 2 mm 0 329 h –
11 Talca Chile 93 /100 21 °C 9.7 °C 45 mm 4 289 h –
12 Antofagasta Chile 93 /100 22 °C 16 °C 2 mm 0 330 h 18 °C
13 Río Cuarto Argentina 93 /100 22 °C 13 °C 65 mm 7 257 h –
14 Viña del Mar Chile 92 /100 21 °C 12 °C 14 mm 2 305 h 15 °C
15 La Rioja Argentina 92 /100 22 °C 14 °C 49 mm 8 273 h –
16 Arica Chile 92 /100 24 °C 17 °C 6 mm 1 334 h 20 °C
17 Quillacollo Bolivia 92 /100 21 °C 11 °C 44 mm 8 310 h –
18 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 92 /100 23 °C 18 °C 6 mm 2 334 h 20 °C
19 Rosario Argentina 91 /100 23 °C 14 °C 104 mm 8 246 h –
20 Bahía Blanca Argentina 91 /100 21 °C 12 °C 56 mm 6 261 h 17 °C
21 Cochabamba Bolivia 91 /100 21 °C 11 °C 44 mm 8 310 h –
22 Córdoba Argentina 91 /100 22 °C 13 °C 77 mm 9 259 h –
23 Paraná Argentina 91 /100 23 °C 15 °C 114 mm 8 246 h –
24 Abha Saudi Arabia 90 /100 23 °C 15 °C 57 mm 12 353 h –
25 Merlo Argentina 90 /100 22 °C 13 °C 94 mm 8 250 h –
26 Santa Fe Argentina 90 /100 23 °C 16 °C 115 mm 8 246 h –
27 La Plata Argentina 90 /100 21 °C 15 °C 88 mm 7 260 h 20 °C
28 Ponta Grossa Brazil 89 /100 23 °C 15 °C 74 mm 9 268 h –
29 Iquique Chile 89 /100 25 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 335 h 20 °C
30 Catamarca Argentina 89 /100 23 °C 14 °C 66 mm 9 278 h –
31 Lima Peru 88 /100 25 °C 19 °C 6 mm 2 334 h 20 °C
32 Callao Peru 88 /100 25 °C 19 °C 6 mm 2 334 h 20 °C
33 Chillán Chile 88 /100 20 °C 8.8 °C 75 mm 5 284 h –
34 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 88 /100 26 °C 15 °C 54 mm 9 353 h –
35 Avellaneda Argentina 88 /100 21 °C 14 °C 96 mm 8 255 h 21 °C
36 Montevideo Uruguay 88 /100 20 °C 16 °C 101 mm 8 254 h 19 °C
37 Buenos Aires Argentina 87 /100 21 °C 15 °C 104 mm 8 255 h 21 °C
38 Chimbote Peru 87 /100 25 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 328 h 20 °C
39 Santiago del Estero Argentina 87 /100 25 °C 18 °C 70 mm 8 235 h –
40 Chincha Alta Peru 87 /100 26 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 339 h 20 °C
41 Pouso Alegre Brazil 87 /100 25 °C 16 °C 69 mm 9 297 h –
42 Araucária Brazil 87 /100 22 °C 15 °C 77 mm 10 244 h –
43 Colombo Brazil 86 /100 22 °C 15 °C 72 mm 10 255 h –
44 Poços de Caldas Brazil 86 /100 23 °C 15 °C 86 mm 11 309 h –
45 Lages Brazil 86 /100 21 °C 13 °C 100 mm 10 236 h –
46 São José dos Pinhais Brazil 86 /100 22 °C 15 °C 74 mm 10 251 h –
47 Curitiba Brazil 86 /100 22 °C 15 °C 74 mm 10 251 h –
48 Guarapuava Brazil 86 /100 22 °C 14 °C 107 mm 11 276 h –
49 Concepción Chile 86 /100 19 °C 10.0 °C 52 mm 5 279 h 13 °C
50 Santa Maria Brazil 86 /100 24 °C 15 °C 147 mm 10 248 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

March: top 5

  1. Abha 97 /100
  2. Peñalolén 96 /100
  3. Coquimbo 94 /100
  4. Puente Alto 94 /100
  5. Viña del Mar 94 /100

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Santiago del Estero 97 /100
  2. Quillacollo 96 /100
  3. Arequipa 95 /100
  4. Contagem 95 /100
  5. Cochabamba 95 /100

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in April, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in South America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.