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

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

Top three in August: Chincha Alta (98 /100) , Poços de Caldas (97 /100) , Pouso Alegre (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 5.6 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Chincha Alta Peru 98 /100 22 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 347 h 17 °C
2 Poços de Caldas Brazil 97 /100 23 °C 12 °C 27 mm 4 320 h –
3 Pouso Alegre Brazil 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 31 mm 4 310 h –
4 Contagem Brazil 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 326 h –
5 Santiago del Estero Argentina 96 /100 24 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 302 h –
6 Huánuco Peru 96 /100 23 °C 13 °C 23 mm 5 346 h –
7 Catamarca Argentina 95 /100 21 °C 9.1 °C 17 mm 3 320 h –
8 Soacha Colombia 95 /100 20 °C 11 °C 34 mm 6 314 h –
9 Belo Horizonte Brazil 95 /100 25 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 326 h –
10 Quillacollo Bolivia 95 /100 22 °C 8.6 °C 18 mm 3 333 h –
11 Ribeirão das Neves Brazil 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 330 h –
12 Bragança Paulista Brazil 95 /100 24 °C 12 °C 32 mm 4 303 h –
13 Juiz de Fora Brazil 95 /100 23 °C 13 °C 30 mm 5 274 h –
14 Ica Peru 95 /100 25 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 350 h –
15 Francisco Morato Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 12 °C 36 mm 4 295 h –
16 Londrina Brazil 94 /100 24 °C 13 °C 62 mm 6 308 h –
17 Sorocaba Brazil 94 /100 24 °C 13 °C 35 mm 4 296 h –
18 Itapetininga Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 13 °C 39 mm 4 287 h –
19 Barueri Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 13 °C 37 mm 5 288 h –
20 Franca Brazil 94 /100 26 °C 14 °C 15 mm 3 325 h –
21 Cotia Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 13 °C 37 mm 5 288 h –
22 Guarulhos Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 13 °C 39 mm 5 269 h –
23 Cochabamba Bolivia 94 /100 21 °C 8.3 °C 18 mm 3 333 h –
24 São Carlos Brazil 94 /100 26 °C 14 °C 25 mm 3 316 h –
25 Santa Luzia Brazil 94 /100 26 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 328 h –
26 Taubaté Brazil 94 /100 24 °C 13 °C 33 mm 5 293 h –
27 Lima Peru 94 /100 20 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 345 h 17 °C
28 Vitória da Conquista Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 15 °C 10 mm 3 305 h –
29 Maringá Brazil 94 /100 25 °C 15 °C 64 mm 6 301 h –
30 Campinas Brazil 93 /100 25 °C 14 °C 35 mm 4 307 h –
31 São José dos Campos Brazil 93 /100 24 °C 13 °C 34 mm 5 285 h –
32 Itaquaquecetuba Brazil 93 /100 23 °C 13 °C 39 mm 5 267 h –
33 Trujillo Peru 93 /100 22 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 347 h 17 °C
34 Itu Brazil 93 /100 25 °C 13 °C 35 mm 4 303 h –
35 Sete Lagoas Brazil 93 /100 26 °C 14 °C 10 mm 2 332 h –
36 Toledo Brazil 93 /100 24 °C 14 °C 96 mm 7 284 h –
37 Iquique Chile 93 /100 22 °C 14 °C 9 mm 3 336 h 17 °C
38 Marília Brazil 93 /100 26 °C 15 °C 30 mm 4 317 h –
39 Divinópolis Brazil 93 /100 26 °C 14 °C 15 mm 2 326 h –
40 Resistencia Argentina 93 /100 23 °C 13 °C 66 mm 6 263 h –
41 Arequipa Peru 93 /100 23 °C 8.2 °C 2 mm 1 350 h –
42 Pindamonhangaba Brazil 93 /100 25 °C 13 °C 33 mm 5 293 h –
43 Cascavel Brazil 92 /100 22 °C 13 °C 97 mm 7 283 h –
44 Santa Bárbara d'Oeste Brazil 92 /100 26 °C 14 °C 31 mm 4 308 h –
45 Formosa Argentina 92 /100 24 °C 14 °C 64 mm 6 262 h –
46 Chiclayo Peru 92 /100 22 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 337 h 17 °C
47 Barra Mansa Brazil 92 /100 25 °C 14 °C 27 mm 5 286 h –
48 San Miguel de Tucumán Argentina 92 /100 21 °C 8.9 °C 44 mm 6 309 h –
49 Volta Redonda Brazil 92 /100 25 °C 14 °C 25 mm 5 282 h –
50 Ciudad del Este Paraguay 92 /100 24 °C 15 °C 94 mm 7 272 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

July: top 5

  1. Chincha Alta 97 /100
  2. São Carlos 97 /100
  3. Ceilândia 97 /100
  4. Contagem 97 /100
  5. Marília 97 /100

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. La Rioja 98 /100
  2. Catamarca 97 /100
  3. Chincha Alta 97 /100
  4. Quillacollo 97 /100
  5. Cochabamba 96 /100

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in August, 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.