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

Khamis Mushait tops the list at 97 /100 in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in February: Khamis Mushait (97 /100) , Ta’if (96 /100) , Abha (95 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 17 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 97 /100 22 °C 11 °C 13 mm 3 307 h –
2 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 7 mm 2 306 h –
3 Abha Saudi Arabia 95 /100 20 °C 12 °C 18 mm 4 305 h –
4 Coquimbo Chile 94 /100 24 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 18 °C
5 Viña del Mar Chile 94 /100 23 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 17 °C
6 Talcahuano Chile 93 /100 22 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 360 h 15 °C
7 Concepción Chile 93 /100 24 °C 14 °C 11 mm 2 360 h 14 °C
8 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 93 /100 23 °C 10 °C 13 mm 2 289 h –
9 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 93 /100 21 °C 13 °C 14 mm 2 280 h 19 °C
10 Dammam Saudi Arabia 93 /100 21 °C 13 °C 12 mm 2 285 h 19 °C
11 Temuco Chile 93 /100 24 °C 11 °C 34 mm 4 341 h –
12 Peñalolén Chile 92 /100 27 °C 15 °C 14 mm 4 362 h –
13 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 92 /100 24 °C 9.8 °C 7 mm 1 292 h –
14 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 91 /100 23 °C 9.4 °C 7 mm 1 291 h –
15 La Serena Chile 91 /100 25 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 338 h 18 °C
16 Puente Alto Chile 91 /100 27 °C 15 °C 14 mm 3 362 h –
17 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 90 /100 22 °C 8.1 °C 7 mm 1 295 h –
18 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 90 /100 22 °C 8.1 °C 7 mm 1 296 h –
19 Valparaíso Chile 90 /100 20 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 359 h 17 °C
20 Rancagua Chile 89 /100 28 °C 16 °C 7 mm 2 362 h –
21 Calama Chile 89 /100 25 °C 9.3 °C 9 mm 2 337 h –
22 Santiago Chile 89 /100 28 °C 16 °C 5 mm 1 363 h –
23 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 89 /100 26 °C 17 °C 4 mm 1 303 h 24 °C
24 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 89 /100 20 °C 7.3 °C 10 mm 2 279 h –
25 Los Teques Venezuela 88 /100 26 °C 17 °C 17 mm 5 306 h –
26 Antofagasta Chile 88 /100 25 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 340 h 20 °C
27 Chillán Chile 88 /100 27 °C 13 °C 24 mm 2 361 h –
28 Madinah Saudi Arabia 87 /100 26 °C 11 °C 3 mm 1 305 h –
29 Maipú Chile 87 /100 29 °C 16 °C 5 mm 1 363 h –
30 Ibagué Colombia 86 /100 25 °C 18 °C 58 mm 8 298 h –
31 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 86 /100 20 °C 4.8 °C 2 mm 1 296 h –
32 Talca Chile 85 /100 29 °C 15 °C 7 mm 1 363 h –
33 Mar del Plata Argentina 85 /100 24 °C 17 °C 78 mm 8 323 h 20 °C
34 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 85 /100 25 °C 20 °C 26 mm 7 295 h 22 °C
35 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 85 /100 19 °C 5.9 °C 8 mm 1 297 h –
36 Tacna Peru 85 /100 27 °C 19 °C 22 mm 6 306 h –
37 Najrān Saudi Arabia 84 /100 28 °C 12 °C 2 mm 0 308 h –
38 Baruta Venezuela 84 /100 27 °C 18 °C 27 mm 7 312 h 25 °C
39 Montevideo Uruguay 83 /100 25 °C 20 °C 99 mm 8 313 h 24 °C
40 Makkah Saudi Arabia 82 /100 29 °C 17 °C 6 mm 1 304 h –
41 Chincha Alta Peru 82 /100 26 °C 21 °C 19 mm 5 300 h 21 °C
42 Puerto Montt Chile 82 /100 19 °C 12 °C 99 mm 9 321 h 16 °C
43 Arica Chile 82 /100 28 °C 21 °C 7 mm 2 323 h 23 °C
44 Río Cuarto Argentina 82 /100 27 °C 18 °C 90 mm 9 317 h –
45 La Plata Argentina 81 /100 26 °C 19 °C 87 mm 8 316 h 25 °C
46 Caracas Venezuela 81 /100 27 °C 19 °C 28 mm 7 313 h 25 °C
47 San Cristóbal Venezuela 81 /100 28 °C 19 °C 46 mm 8 305 h –
48 Chimbote Peru 81 /100 27 °C 21 °C 11 mm 3 292 h 22 °C
49 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 80 /100 27 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 306 h 26 °C
50 Iquique Chile 80 /100 27 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 336 h 22 °C

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

January: top 5

  1. Khamis Mushait 95 /100
  2. Coquimbo 95 /100
  3. Ta’if 94 /100
  4. Viña del Mar 93 /100
  5. Talcahuano 93 /100

Full ranking for January

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

How this ranking is built

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