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

Stanley tops the list at 13 °C in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in February: Stanley (13 °C) , Juliaca (14 °C) , La Paz (14 °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 13 °C 13 °C 8.0 °C 52 mm 12 293 h 9.7 °C
2 Juliaca Peru 14 °C 14 °C 5.0 °C 180 mm 24 289 h –
3 La Paz Bolivia 14 °C 14 °C 5.6 °C 120 mm 22 282 h –
4 Oruro Bolivia 15 °C 15 °C 5.6 °C 113 mm 22 302 h –
5 Cusco Peru 15 °C 15 °C 8.1 °C 213 mm 26 246 h –
6 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 9.5 °C 279 mm 27 231 h –
7 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 8.6 °C 239 mm 27 264 h –
8 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 9.7 °C 175 mm 25 272 h –
9 Ambato Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 185 mm 25 279 h –
10 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 203 mm 23 263 h –
11 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 169 mm 23 246 h –
12 Tunja Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 8.8 °C 131 mm 21 299 h –
13 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 144 mm 21 259 h –
14 Sucre Bolivia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 178 mm 22 282 h –
15 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 401 mm 25 254 h –
16 Puerto Montt Chile 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 99 mm 9 321 h 16 °C
17 Soacha Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 212 mm 21 285 h –
18 Arequipa Peru 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 215 mm 26 245 h –
19 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 86 mm 17 288 h –
20 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 5.9 °C 8 mm 1 297 h –
21 Valparaíso Chile 20 °C 20 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 359 h 17 °C
22 Abha Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 18 mm 4 305 h –
23 Sacaba Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 204 mm 24 276 h –
24 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 4.8 °C 2 mm 1 296 h –
25 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 142 mm 21 279 h –
26 Manizales Colombia 20 °C 20 °C 10 °C 824 mm 27 282 h –
27 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 7.3 °C 10 mm 2 279 h –
28 Cochabamba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 179 mm 22 280 h –
29 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 196 mm 22 260 h –
30 Dammam Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 12 mm 2 285 h 19 °C
31 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 14 mm 2 280 h 19 °C
32 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 374 mm 27 254 h –
33 Talcahuano Chile 22 °C 22 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 360 h 15 °C
34 Pereira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 803 mm 27 262 h –
35 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 8.1 °C 7 mm 1 296 h –
36 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 22 °C 22 °C 16 °C 296 mm 24 290 h –
37 Tarija Bolivia 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 206 mm 22 268 h –
38 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 8.1 °C 7 mm 1 295 h –
39 Huánuco Peru 22 °C 22 °C 16 °C 163 mm 24 255 h –
40 Armenia Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 427 mm 25 271 h –
41 Palmira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 16 °C 548 mm 27 263 h –
42 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 22 °C 22 °C 11 °C 13 mm 3 307 h –
43 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 23 °C 23 °C 12 °C 7 mm 2 306 h –
44 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 23 °C 23 °C 9.4 °C 7 mm 1 291 h –
45 Mérida Venezuela 23 °C 23 °C 15 °C 128 mm 22 307 h –
46 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 23 °C 23 °C 10 °C 13 mm 2 289 h –
47 Viña del Mar Chile 23 °C 23 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 17 °C
48 Salta Argentina 24 °C 24 °C 16 °C 319 mm 24 282 h –
49 Coquimbo Chile 24 °C 24 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 18 °C
50 Concepción Chile 24 °C 24 °C 14 °C 11 mm 2 360 h 14 °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. 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

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

How this ranking is built

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