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The coolest places in South America in December

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

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 12 °C 12 °C 68 mm
2 La Paz Bolivia 15 °C 15 °C 110 mm
3 Juliaca Peru 15 °C 15 °C 138 mm
4 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 297 mm
5 Cusco Peru 16 °C 16 °C 191 mm
6 Huancayo Peru 17 °C 17 °C 206 mm
7 Puerto Montt Chile 17 °C 17 °C 135 mm
8 Oruro Bolivia 17 °C 17 °C 99 mm
9 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 177 mm
10 Tunja Colombia 17 °C 17 °C 116 mm
11 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 247 mm
12 Ambato Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 184 mm
13 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 167 mm
14 Valparaíso Chile 18 °C 18 °C 3 mm
15 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 18 °C 18 °C 10 mm
16 Soacha Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 214 mm
17 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 121 mm
18 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 82 mm
19 Abha Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 11 mm
20 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 1 mm
21 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 22 mm
22 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 276 mm
23 Manizales Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 802 mm
24 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 160 mm
25 Sucre Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 149 mm
26 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 15 mm
27 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 15 mm
28 Talcahuano Chile 21 °C 21 °C 16 mm
29 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 359 mm
30 Sacaba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 168 mm
31 Temuco Chile 21 °C 21 °C 59 mm
32 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 139 mm
33 Pereira Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 871 mm
34 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 9 mm
35 Arequipa Peru 21 °C 21 °C 57 mm
36 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 22 mm
37 Armenia Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 524 mm
38 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 6 mm
39 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 16 mm
40 Palmira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 593 mm
41 Dammam Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 20 mm
42 Cochabamba Bolivia 22 °C 22 °C 134 mm
43 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 15 mm
44 Concepción Chile 22 °C 22 °C 16 mm
45 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 9 mm
46 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 22 °C 22 °C 6 mm
47 Coquimbo Chile 22 °C 22 °C 1 mm
48 Viña del Mar Chile 23 °C 23 °C 3 mm
49 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 23 °C 23 °C 305 mm
50 Huánuco Peru 23 °C 23 °C 128 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.