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

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

Top three in March: Stanley (12 °C) , Juliaca (14 °C) , La Paz (14 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 12 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 12 °C 12 °C 7.3 °C 56 mm 12 270 h 9.2 °C
2 Juliaca Peru 14 °C 14 °C 4.6 °C 145 mm 24 329 h –
3 La Paz Bolivia 14 °C 14 °C 5.3 °C 92 mm 22 318 h –
4 Cusco Peru 15 °C 15 °C 7.9 °C 167 mm 27 294 h –
5 Oruro Bolivia 15 °C 15 °C 5.0 °C 82 mm 20 332 h –
6 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 8.6 °C 214 mm 30 292 h –
7 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 9.5 °C 329 mm 30 241 h –
8 Puerto Montt Chile 17 °C 17 °C 11 °C 133 mm 12 303 h 15 °C
9 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 9.8 °C 217 mm 29 277 h –
10 Ambato Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 217 mm 29 286 h –
11 Tunja Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 9.2 °C 204 mm 27 308 h –
12 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 181 mm 27 259 h –
13 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 261 mm 28 277 h –
14 Sucre Bolivia 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 138 mm 20 301 h –
15 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 186 mm 25 262 h –
16 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 442 mm 29 270 h –
17 Soacha Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 257 mm 24 289 h –
18 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 122 mm 21 296 h –
19 Valparaíso Chile 19 °C 19 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 362 h 17 °C
20 Arequipa Peru 19 °C 19 °C 12 °C 167 mm 26 286 h –
21 Sacaba Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 156 mm 22 306 h –
22 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 179 mm 27 296 h –
23 Manizales Colombia 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 1,116 mm 30 290 h –
24 Cochabamba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 121 mm 18 310 h –
25 Talcahuano Chile 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 19 mm 3 352 h 14 °C
26 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 191 mm 23 283 h –
27 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 15 °C 313 mm 25 293 h –
28 Abha Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 13 °C 32 mm 7 342 h –
29 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 495 mm 30 255 h –
30 Temuco Chile 22 °C 22 °C 10 °C 54 mm 6 318 h –
31 Tarija Bolivia 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 165 mm 21 286 h –
32 Pereira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 15 °C 952 mm 30 266 h –
33 Concepción Chile 22 °C 22 °C 12 °C 20 mm 3 352 h 14 °C
34 Salta Argentina 22 °C 22 °C 16 °C 323 mm 25 283 h –
35 Armenia Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 14 °C 551 mm 29 277 h –
36 Huánuco Peru 22 °C 22 °C 16 °C 146 mm 25 287 h –
37 Palmira Colombia 23 °C 23 °C 17 °C 669 mm 29 264 h –
38 Mar del Plata Argentina 23 °C 23 °C 16 °C 70 mm 8 317 h 20 °C
39 Viña del Mar Chile 23 °C 23 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 362 h 17 °C
40 Coquimbo Chile 23 °C 23 °C 16 °C 4 mm 0 347 h 17 °C
41 Colombo Brazil 23 °C 23 °C 17 °C 127 mm 18 276 h –
42 Mérida Venezuela 23 °C 23 °C 16 °C 209 mm 27 322 h –
43 Montevideo Uruguay 23 °C 23 °C 18 °C 97 mm 8 311 h 22 °C
44 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 24 °C 24 °C 9.6 °C 12 mm 2 337 h –
45 Guarapuava Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 16 °C 134 mm 17 302 h –
46 Lages Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 16 °C 127 mm 15 272 h –
47 São José dos Pinhais Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 17 °C 127 mm 18 272 h –
48 Caxias do Sul Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 15 °C 156 mm 15 295 h –
49 Curitiba Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 17 °C 126 mm 18 272 h –
50 Antofagasta Chile 24 °C 24 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 364 h 19 °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

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

April: top 5

  1. Stanley 9.5 °C
  2. La Paz 14 °C
  3. Juliaca 14 °C
  4. Puerto Montt 15 °C
  5. Cusco 15 °C

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

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