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The coolest places in South America in January

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

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 14 °C 14 °C 63 mm
2 Juliaca Peru 14 °C 14 °C 194 mm
3 La Paz Bolivia 14 °C 14 °C 137 mm
4 Oruro Bolivia 15 °C 15 °C 143 mm
5 Cusco Peru 15 °C 15 °C 232 mm
6 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 287 mm
7 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 236 mm
8 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 17 °C 17 °C 9 mm
9 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 17 °C 17 °C 22 mm
10 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 17 °C 17 °C 5 mm
11 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 157 mm
12 Ambato Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 170 mm
13 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 191 mm
14 Tunja Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 93 mm
15 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 144 mm
16 Abha Saudi Arabia 18 °C 18 °C 22 mm
17 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 122 mm
18 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 336 mm
19 Soacha Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 195 mm
20 Puerto Montt Chile 19 °C 19 °C 101 mm
21 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 14 mm
22 Sucre Bolivia 19 °C 19 °C 204 mm
23 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 67 mm
24 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 14 mm
25 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 19 °C 19 °C 23 mm
26 Arequipa Peru 19 °C 19 °C 180 mm
27 Valparaíso Chile 20 °C 20 °C 0 mm
28 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 139 mm
29 Dammam Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 20 mm
30 Manizales Colombia 20 °C 20 °C 675 mm
31 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 11 mm
32 Sacaba Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 229 mm
33 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 13 mm
34 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 20 °C 20 °C 33 mm
35 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 23 mm
36 Cochabamba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 193 mm
37 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 165 mm
38 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 9 mm
39 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 344 mm
40 Pereira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 727 mm
41 Armenia Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 398 mm
42 Palmira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 477 mm
43 Talcahuano Chile 22 °C 22 °C 6 mm
44 Huánuco Peru 23 °C 23 °C 149 mm
45 Mérida Venezuela 23 °C 23 °C 110 mm
46 Tarija Bolivia 23 °C 23 °C 229 mm
47 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 23 °C 23 °C 311 mm
48 Tuluá Colombia 24 °C 24 °C 738 mm
49 Madinah Saudi Arabia 24 °C 24 °C 9 mm
50 Coquimbo Chile 24 °C 24 °C 0 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.