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The coolest places in South America year-round: ranked by average high temperature

Stanley tops the list at 9.0 °C averaged across the year. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three averaged across all twelve months: Stanley (9.0 °C) , La Paz (14 °C) , Puerto Montt (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 9.0 °C 9.0 °C 4.7 °C 50 mm 11 256 h 7.2 °C
2 La Paz Bolivia 14 °C 14 °C 3.6 °C 60 mm 14 326 h –
3 Puerto Montt Chile 14 °C 14 °C 8.4 °C 188 mm 16 265 h 13 °C
4 Juliaca Peru 15 °C 15 °C 2.1 °C 82 mm 14 333 h –
5 Cusco Peru 16 °C 16 °C 6.9 °C 99 mm 17 306 h –
6 Oruro Bolivia 16 °C 16 °C 2.7 °C 50 mm 11 336 h –
7 Huancayo Peru 16 °C 16 °C 7.2 °C 126 mm 21 314 h –
8 Quito Ecuador 16 °C 16 °C 9.2 °C 240 mm 27 271 h –
9 Valparaíso Chile 16 °C 16 °C 12 °C 29 mm 2 333 h 15 °C
10 Temuco Chile 17 °C 17 °C 7.4 °C 117 mm 10 280 h –
11 Tunja Colombia 17 °C 17 °C 8.7 °C 149 mm 25 301 h –
12 Talcahuano Chile 17 °C 17 °C 10 °C 70 mm 6 313 h 13 °C
13 Ambato Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 9.4 °C 167 mm 26 311 h –
14 Latacunga Ecuador 17 °C 17 °C 9.2 °C 153 mm 25 303 h –
15 Cuenca Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 10 °C 126 mm 21 289 h –
16 Pasto Colombia 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 184 mm 24 292 h –
17 Concepción Chile 18 °C 18 °C 9.7 °C 70 mm 6 313 h 13 °C
18 Riobamba Ecuador 18 °C 18 °C 9.5 °C 108 mm 18 297 h –
19 Mar del Plata Argentina 18 °C 18 °C 11 °C 67 mm 8 291 h 15 °C
20 Bogotá Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 77 mm 15 297 h –
21 Soacha Colombia 19 °C 19 °C 11 °C 168 mm 18 288 h –
22 Sucre Bolivia 19 °C 19 °C 8.5 °C 84 mm 13 312 h –
23 Cajamarca Peru 19 °C 19 °C 9.8 °C 218 mm 19 318 h –
24 Montevideo Uruguay 19 °C 19 °C 14 °C 91 mm 8 286 h 18 °C
25 San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 207 mm 19 313 h –
26 Viña del Mar Chile 20 °C 20 °C 12 °C 29 mm 2 333 h 15 °C
27 Chillán Chile 20 °C 20 °C 8.5 °C 97 mm 7 311 h –
28 Manizales Colombia 20 °C 20 °C 10 °C 1,200 mm 30 284 h –
29 Sacaba Bolivia 20 °C 20 °C 10 °C 99 mm 15 318 h –
30 Rio Grande Brazil 20 °C 20 °C 17 °C 110 mm 10 280 h 19 °C
31 Ibarra Ecuador 20 °C 20 °C 11 °C 134 mm 23 312 h –
32 Peñalolén Chile 20 °C 20 °C 8.5 °C 55 mm 6 322 h –
33 Coquimbo Chile 20 °C 20 °C 14 °C 9 mm 1 328 h 15 °C
34 La Plata Argentina 20 °C 20 °C 14 °C 81 mm 7 293 h 19 °C
35 Buenos Aires Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 89 mm 8 292 h 19 °C
36 Puente Alto Chile 21 °C 21 °C 8.4 °C 57 mm 6 322 h –
37 Lages Brazil 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 146 mm 13 245 h –
38 Loja Ecuador 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 107 mm 16 315 h –
39 Avellaneda Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 83 mm 7 290 h 19 °C
40 Caxias do Sul Brazil 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 167 mm 14 267 h –
41 Bahía Blanca Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 51 mm 6 302 h 16 °C
42 Salta Argentina 21 °C 21 °C 12 °C 185 mm 17 308 h –
43 Rancagua Chile 21 °C 21 °C 8.7 °C 61 mm 5 316 h –
44 Arequipa Peru 21 °C 21 °C 10 °C 58 mm 9 327 h –
45 Santiago Chile 21 °C 21 °C 9.4 °C 41 mm 4 324 h –
46 Popayán Colombia 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 530 mm 29 259 h –
47 Cochabamba Bolivia 21 °C 21 °C 11 °C 70 mm 10 322 h –
48 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 21 °C 21 °C 16 °C 7 mm 2 336 h 19 °C
49 Colombo Brazil 21 °C 21 °C 14 °C 126 mm 13 252 h –
50 Talca Chile 21 °C 21 °C 9.5 °C 64 mm 5 315 h –

Averaged across all twelve months, and only for destinations with a full twelve-month series and a published climate page. Download this ranking as CSV.

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How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, averaged across all twelve months, 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 and a complete twelve-month series. 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.