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The coolest places in South America in March

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

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 12 °C 12 °C 56 mm
2 Juliaca Peru 14 °C 14 °C 145 mm
3 La Paz Bolivia 14 °C 14 °C 92 mm
4 Cusco Peru 15 °C 15 °C 167 mm
5 Oruro Bolivia 15 °C 15 °C 82 mm
6 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 214 mm
7 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 329 mm
8 Puerto Montt Chile 17 °C 17 °C 133 mm
9 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 217 mm
10 Ambato Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 217 mm
11 Tunja Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 204 mm
12 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 181 mm
13 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 261 mm
14 Sucre Bolivia 18 °C 18 °C 138 mm
15 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 186 mm
16 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 442 mm
17 Soacha Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 257 mm
18 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 122 mm
19 Valparaíso Chile 19 °C 19 °C 3 mm
20 Arequipa Peru 19 °C 19 °C 167 mm
21 Sacaba Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 156 mm
22 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 179 mm
23 Manizales Colombia 20 °C 20 °C 1,116 mm
24 Cochabamba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 121 mm
25 Talcahuano Chile 21 °C 21 °C 19 mm
26 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 191 mm
27 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 313 mm
28 Abha Saudi Arabia 21 °C 21 °C 32 mm
29 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 495 mm
30 Temuco Chile 22 °C 22 °C 54 mm
31 Tarija Bolivia 22 °C 22 °C 165 mm
32 Pereira Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 952 mm
33 Concepción Chile 22 °C 22 °C 20 mm
34 Salta Argentina 22 °C 22 °C 323 mm
35 Armenia Colombia 22 °C 22 °C 551 mm
36 Huánuco Peru 22 °C 22 °C 146 mm
37 Palmira Colombia 23 °C 23 °C 669 mm
38 Mar del Plata Argentina 23 °C 23 °C 70 mm
39 Viña del Mar Chile 23 °C 23 °C 3 mm
40 Coquimbo Chile 23 °C 23 °C 4 mm
41 Colombo Brazil 23 °C 23 °C 127 mm
42 Mérida Venezuela 23 °C 23 °C 209 mm
43 Montevideo Uruguay 23 °C 23 °C 97 mm
44 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 24 °C 24 °C 12 mm
45 Guarapuava Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 134 mm
46 Lages Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 127 mm
47 São José dos Pinhais Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 127 mm
48 Caxias do Sul Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 156 mm
49 Curitiba Brazil 24 °C 24 °C 126 mm
50 Antofagasta Chile 24 °C 24 °C 1 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.