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

Stanley tops the list at 14 °C in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in January: Stanley (14 °C) , Juliaca (14 °C) , La Paz (14 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 10 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 14 °C 14 °C 8.2 °C 63 mm 13 377 h 9.4 °C
2 Juliaca Peru 14 °C 14 °C 5.0 °C 194 mm 26 325 h –
3 La Paz Bolivia 14 °C 14 °C 5.8 °C 137 mm 26 310 h –
4 Oruro Bolivia 15 °C 15 °C 5.7 °C 143 mm 25 333 h –
5 Cusco Peru 15 °C 15 °C 8.0 °C 232 mm 29 277 h –
6 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 9.4 °C 287 mm 29 273 h –
7 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 8.4 °C 236 mm 29 301 h –
8 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 17 °C 17 °C 4.2 °C 9 mm 2 302 h –
9 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 17 °C 17 °C 5.5 °C 22 mm 3 284 h –
10 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 17 °C 17 °C 3.2 °C 5 mm 1 303 h –
11 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 9.6 °C 157 mm 25 311 h –
12 Ambato Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 9.9 °C 170 mm 27 316 h –
13 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 191 mm 22 299 h –
14 Tunja Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 8.5 °C 93 mm 18 333 h –
15 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 144 mm 23 289 h –
16 Abha Saudi Arabia 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 22 mm 5 326 h –
17 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10.0 °C 122 mm 20 299 h –
18 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 10 °C 336 mm 26 307 h –
19 Soacha Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 10 °C 195 mm 21 332 h –
20 Puerto Montt Chile 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 101 mm 11 380 h 16 °C
21 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 6.1 °C 14 mm 2 296 h –
22 Sucre Bolivia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 204 mm 24 320 h –
23 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 67 mm 16 333 h –
24 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 6.1 °C 14 mm 3 294 h –
25 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 23 mm 4 284 h 20 °C
26 Arequipa Peru 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 180 mm 25 292 h –
27 Valparaíso Chile 20 °C 20 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 424 h 17 °C
28 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 139 mm 21 316 h –
29 Dammam Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 20 mm 3 291 h 20 °C
30 Manizales Colombia 20 °C 20 °C 10 °C 675 mm 30 318 h –
31 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 7.2 °C 11 mm 2 294 h –
32 Sacaba Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 229 mm 26 310 h –
33 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 8.7 °C 13 mm 3 294 h –
34 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 10 °C 33 mm 5 320 h –
35 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 10 °C 23 mm 4 328 h –
36 Cochabamba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 193 mm 23 312 h –
37 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 165 mm 22 311 h –
38 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 7.7 °C 9 mm 2 295 h –
39 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 344 mm 29 290 h –
40 Pereira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 727 mm 29 298 h –
41 Armenia Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 398 mm 27 308 h –
42 Palmira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 16 °C 477 mm 29 292 h –
43 Talcahuano Chile 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 6 mm 1 425 h 15 °C
44 Huánuco Peru 23 °C 23 °C 16 °C 149 mm 25 304 h –
45 Mérida Venezuela 23 °C 23 °C 15 °C 110 mm 21 337 h –
46 Tarija Bolivia 23 °C 23 °C 15 °C 229 mm 25 311 h –
47 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 23 °C 23 °C 16 °C 311 mm 25 331 h –
48 Tuluá Colombia 24 °C 24 °C 16 °C 738 mm 30 290 h –
49 Madinah Saudi Arabia 24 °C 24 °C 9.0 °C 9 mm 1 318 h –
50 Coquimbo Chile 24 °C 24 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 406 h 17 °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

December: top 5

  1. Sobral 34 °C
  2. Mossoró 34 °C
  3. Teresina 34 °C
  4. Petrolina 33 °C
  5. Juazeiro do Norte 33 °C

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. Stanley 13 °C
  2. Juliaca 14 °C
  3. La Paz 14 °C
  4. Oruro 15 °C
  5. Cusco 15 °C

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

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