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

Stanley tops the list at 12 °C in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in December: Stanley (12 °C) , La Paz (15 °C) , Juliaca (15 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 11 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 12 °C 12 °C 6.9 °C 68 mm 14 396 h 8.3 °C
2 La Paz Bolivia 15 °C 15 °C 5.7 °C 110 mm 21 325 h –
3 Juliaca Peru 15 °C 15 °C 4.8 °C 138 mm 22 346 h –
4 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 9.4 °C 297 mm 29 274 h –
5 Cusco Peru 16 °C 16 °C 8.2 °C 191 mm 27 287 h –
6 Huancayo Peru 17 °C 17 °C 8.3 °C 206 mm 28 297 h –
7 Puerto Montt Chile 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 135 mm 13 368 h 15 °C
8 Oruro Bolivia 17 °C 17 °C 5.7 °C 99 mm 20 349 h –
9 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 9.7 °C 177 mm 27 315 h –
10 Tunja Colombia 17 °C 17 °C 8.8 °C 116 mm 22 317 h –
11 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 247 mm 26 293 h –
12 Ambato Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 184 mm 27 323 h –
13 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 167 mm 24 298 h –
14 Valparaíso Chile 18 °C 18 °C 14 °C 3 mm 0 423 h 16 °C
15 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 18 °C 18 °C 6.1 °C 10 mm 2 293 h –
16 Soacha Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 214 mm 23 321 h –
17 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 121 mm 21 305 h –
18 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 82 mm 18 324 h –
19 Abha Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 11 mm 3 317 h –
20 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 4.7 °C 1 mm 1 301 h –
21 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 7.2 °C 22 mm 4 282 h –
22 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 9.9 °C 276 mm 23 325 h –
23 Manizales Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 802 mm 30 297 h –
24 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 160 mm 22 318 h –
25 Sucre Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 149 mm 21 316 h –
26 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 7.9 °C 15 mm 3 297 h –
27 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 7.9 °C 15 mm 3 294 h –
28 Talcahuano Chile 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 16 mm 3 422 h 14 °C
29 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 359 mm 29 277 h –
30 Sacaba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 168 mm 24 312 h –
31 Temuco Chile 21 °C 21 °C 9.7 °C 59 mm 7 391 h –
32 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 139 mm 21 324 h –
33 Pereira Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 871 mm 30 273 h –
34 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 8.8 °C 9 mm 2 301 h –
35 Arequipa Peru 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 57 mm 11 352 h –
36 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 22 mm 3 288 h 23 °C
37 Armenia Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 524 mm 29 286 h –
38 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 11 °C 6 mm 1 318 h –
39 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 16 mm 3 313 h –
40 Palmira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 16 °C 593 mm 29 274 h –
41 Dammam Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 20 mm 3 295 h 22 °C
42 Cochabamba Bolivia 22 °C 22 °C 13 °C 134 mm 20 320 h –
43 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 10 °C 15 mm 2 301 h –
44 Concepción Chile 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 16 mm 3 422 h 14 °C
45 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 9.0 °C 9 mm 2 303 h –
46 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 22 °C 22 °C 17 °C 6 mm 2 341 h 19 °C
47 Coquimbo Chile 22 °C 22 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 407 h 16 °C
48 Viña del Mar Chile 23 °C 23 °C 14 °C 3 mm 0 423 h 16 °C
49 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 23 °C 23 °C 15 °C 305 mm 24 343 h –
50 Huánuco Peru 23 °C 23 °C 16 °C 128 mm 22 304 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

November: top 5

  1. Stanley 11 °C
  2. La Paz 15 °C
  3. Puerto Montt 15 °C
  4. Quito 16 °C
  5. Juliaca 17 °C

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. Calabozo 34 °C
  2. San Fernando de Apure 33 °C
  3. Mossoró 33 °C
  4. Sullana 33 °C
  5. Piura 33 °C

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in December, 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.