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The coolest places in South America in May

Stanley tops the list at 7.0 °C in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Stanley Falkland Islands 7.0 °C 7.0 °C 48 mm
2 Puerto Montt Chile 13 °C 13 °C 254 mm
3 La Paz Bolivia 14 °C 14 °C 16 mm
4 Temuco Chile 14 °C 14 °C 184 mm
5 Juliaca Peru 14 °C 14 °C 22 mm
6 Talcahuano Chile 15 °C 15 °C 137 mm
7 Cusco Peru 15 °C 15 °C 25 mm
8 Concepción Chile 16 °C 16 °C 138 mm
9 Oruro Bolivia 16 °C 16 °C 7 mm
10 Valparaíso Chile 16 °C 16 °C 52 mm
11 Mar del Plata Argentina 16 °C 16 °C 45 mm
12 Chillán Chile 16 °C 16 °C 192 mm
13 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 49 mm
14 Neuquén Argentina 16 °C 16 °C 26 mm
15 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 16 °C 16 °C 168 mm
16 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 254 mm
17 Bahía Blanca Argentina 17 °C 17 °C 39 mm
18 Montevideo Uruguay 17 °C 17 °C 77 mm
19 Tunja Colombia 17 °C 17 °C 182 mm
20 Talca Chile 17 °C 17 °C 136 mm
21 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 157 mm
22 Ambato Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 166 mm
23 La Plata Argentina 17 °C 17 °C 63 mm
24 Cuenca Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 114 mm
25 Buenos Aires Argentina 17 °C 17 °C 76 mm
26 Avellaneda Argentina 17 °C 17 °C 68 mm
27 Salta Argentina 18 °C 18 °C 122 mm
28 Peñalolén Chile 18 °C 18 °C 77 mm
29 Lages Brazil 18 °C 18 °C 128 mm
30 Caxias do Sul Brazil 18 °C 18 °C 139 mm
31 La Rioja Argentina 18 °C 18 °C 29 mm
32 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 203 mm
33 Puente Alto Chile 18 °C 18 °C 79 mm
34 Bogotá Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 89 mm
35 Merlo Argentina 18 °C 18 °C 66 mm
36 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 117 mm
37 Soacha Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 175 mm
38 Río Cuarto Argentina 18 °C 18 °C 34 mm
39 Rancagua Chile 18 °C 18 °C 96 mm
40 Sucre Bolivia 18 °C 18 °C 19 mm
41 Viña del Mar Chile 18 °C 18 °C 50 mm
42 Santiago Chile 19 °C 19 °C 60 mm
43 Guarapuava Brazil 19 °C 19 °C 130 mm
44 San Luis Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 25 mm
45 Rio Grande Brazil 19 °C 19 °C 104 mm
46 Colombo Brazil 19 °C 19 °C 88 mm
47 Córdoba Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 35 mm
48 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 142 mm
49 Rosario Argentina 19 °C 19 °C 69 mm
50 Coquimbo Chile 19 °C 19 °C 20 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.