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The coolest places in South America in August

Stanley tops the list at 5.5 °C in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 5.5 °C 5.5 °C 39 mm
2 Puerto Montt Chile 10 °C 10 °C 273 mm
3 Temuco Chile 12 °C 12 °C 192 mm
4 La Paz Bolivia 13 °C 13 °C 22 mm
5 Talcahuano Chile 13 °C 13 °C 125 mm
6 Mar del Plata Argentina 14 °C 14 °C 55 mm
7 Concepción Chile 14 °C 14 °C 125 mm
8 Valparaíso Chile 14 °C 14 °C 55 mm
9 Chillán Chile 14 °C 14 °C 166 mm
10 Peñalolén Chile 15 °C 15 °C 89 mm
11 Montevideo Uruguay 15 °C 15 °C 94 mm
12 Neuquén Argentina 15 °C 15 °C 13 mm
13 Puente Alto Chile 15 °C 15 °C 90 mm
14 Talca Chile 15 °C 15 °C 110 mm
15 Bahía Blanca Argentina 15 °C 15 °C 34 mm
16 Oruro Bolivia 15 °C 15 °C 12 mm
17 Juliaca Peru 15 °C 15 °C 18 mm
18 La Plata Argentina 15 °C 15 °C 69 mm
19 Santiago Chile 16 °C 16 °C 79 mm
20 Buenos Aires Argentina 16 °C 16 °C 72 mm
21 Avellaneda Argentina 16 °C 16 °C 67 mm
22 Rancagua Chile 16 °C 16 °C 107 mm
23 Cusco Peru 16 °C 16 °C 22 mm
24 Rio Grande Brazil 16 °C 16 °C 110 mm
25 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 41 mm
26 Tunja Colombia 16 °C 16 °C 115 mm
27 Viña del Mar Chile 16 °C 16 °C 54 mm
28 Maipú Chile 17 °C 17 °C 81 mm
29 Merlo Argentina 17 °C 17 °C 61 mm
30 Cuenca Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 57 mm
31 Ambato Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 124 mm
32 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 83 mm
33 Arica Chile 18 °C 18 °C 18 mm
34 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 18 °C 18 °C 64 mm
35 Coquimbo Chile 18 °C 18 °C 15 mm
36 Quito Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 102 mm
37 Río Cuarto Argentina 18 °C 18 °C 20 mm
38 Pelotas Brazil 18 °C 18 °C 115 mm
39 Lages Brazil 18 °C 18 °C 112 mm
40 Rosario Argentina 18 °C 18 °C 55 mm
41 Caxias do Sul Brazil 18 °C 18 °C 139 mm
42 Riobamba Ecuador 19 °C 19 °C 31 mm
43 Pasto Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 66 mm
44 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 19 °C 19 °C 1 mm
45 Paraná Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 48 mm
46 La Serena Chile 19 °C 19 °C 16 mm
47 Córdoba Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 18 mm
48 San Luis Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 15 mm
49 La Rioja Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 10 mm
50 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 22 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.