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The coolest places in South America in April: ranked by average high temperature

Stanley tops the list at 9.5 °C in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in April: Stanley (9.5 °C) , La Paz (14 °C) , Juliaca (14 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 12 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 9.5 °C 9.5 °C 5.5 °C 51 mm 12 198 h 8.2 °C
2 La Paz Bolivia 14 °C 14 °C 4.3 °C 43 mm 13 314 h –
3 Juliaca Peru 14 °C 14 °C 2.7 °C 75 mm 15 322 h –
4 Puerto Montt Chile 15 °C 15 °C 9.2 °C 178 mm 15 230 h 13 °C
5 Cusco Peru 15 °C 15 °C 7.1 °C 77 mm 18 306 h –
6 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 7.8 °C 108 mm 23 308 h –
7 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 9.5 °C 327 mm 29 243 h –
8 Oruro Bolivia 16 °C 16 °C 3.3 °C 27 mm 8 323 h –
9 Valparaíso Chile 17 °C 17 °C 13 °C 14 mm 2 305 h 15 °C
10 Temuco Chile 17 °C 17 °C 7.9 °C 100 mm 9 240 h –
11 Tunja Colombia 17 °C 17 °C 9.5 °C 219 mm 28 271 h –
12 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 9.7 °C 202 mm 28 279 h –
13 Ambato Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 10 °C 198 mm 29 290 h –
14 Talcahuano Chile 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 52 mm 5 279 h 14 °C
15 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 160 mm 26 267 h –
16 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 249 mm 28 269 h –
17 Sucre Bolivia 18 °C 18 °C 9.2 °C 61 mm 12 296 h –
18 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 167 mm 25 265 h –
19 Bogotá Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 135 mm 21 262 h –
20 Soacha Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 244 mm 23 246 h –
21 Concepción Chile 19 °C 19 °C 10.0 °C 52 mm 5 279 h 13 °C
22 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 251 mm 22 282 h –
23 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 10 °C 284 mm 26 299 h –
24 Mar del Plata Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 13 °C 77 mm 8 253 h 18 °C
25 Chillán Chile 20 °C 20 °C 8.8 °C 75 mm 5 284 h –
26 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 202 mm 27 290 h –
27 Sacaba Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 75 mm 12 307 h –
28 Salta Argentina 20 °C 20 °C 13 °C 204 mm 19 276 h –
29 Arequipa Peru 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 53 mm 12 317 h –
30 Montevideo Uruguay 20 °C 20 °C 16 °C 101 mm 8 254 h 19 °C
31 Manizales Colombia 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 1,269 mm 30 243 h –
32 Viña del Mar Chile 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 14 mm 2 305 h 15 °C
33 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 141 mm 20 297 h –
34 Bahía Blanca Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 56 mm 6 261 h 17 °C
35 Tarija Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 73 mm 13 283 h –
36 Coquimbo Chile 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 295 h 16 °C
37 La Plata Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 88 mm 7 260 h 20 °C
38 Cochabamba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 11 °C 44 mm 8 310 h –
39 Neuquén Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 10 °C 22 mm 3 282 h –
40 Buenos Aires Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 104 mm 8 255 h 21 °C
41 Avellaneda Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 96 mm 8 255 h 21 °C
42 Lages Brazil 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 100 mm 10 236 h –
43 Caxias do Sul Brazil 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 139 mm 12 253 h –
44 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 591 mm 29 232 h –
45 Peñalolén Chile 21 °C 21 °C 9.4 °C 38 mm 4 299 h –
46 Talca Chile 21 °C 21 °C 9.7 °C 45 mm 4 289 h –
47 Pereira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 15 °C 1,076 mm 29 214 h –
48 Rancagua Chile 22 °C 22 °C 8.8 °C 44 mm 4 292 h –
49 Puente Alto Chile 22 °C 22 °C 9.2 °C 39 mm 4 299 h –
50 Merlo Argentina 22 °C 22 °C 13 °C 94 mm 8 250 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. Stanley 12 °C
  2. Juliaca 14 °C
  3. La Paz 14 °C
  4. Cusco 15 °C
  5. Oruro 15 °C

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Al Hufūf 41 °C
  2. Al Kharj 40 °C
  3. Makkah 39 °C
  4. Madinah 39 °C
  5. Riyadh 39 °C

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in April, lowest 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 population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering 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.