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The warmest places in South America in January: ranked by average high temperature

Calabozo tops the list at 34 °C in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in January: Calabozo (34 °C) , San Fernando de Apure (33 °C) , Mossoró (33 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 3.1 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Calabozo Venezuela 34 °C 34 °C 24 °C 5 mm 1 339 h –
2 San Fernando de Apure Venezuela 33 °C 33 °C 25 °C 8 mm 1 336 h –
3 Mossoró Brazil 33 °C 33 °C 24 °C 70 mm 12 342 h –
4 Sullana Peru 33 °C 33 °C 22 °C 36 mm 5 332 h –
5 Piura Peru 33 °C 33 °C 22 °C 37 mm 5 337 h –
6 Valle de La Pascua Venezuela 33 °C 33 °C 23 °C 6 mm 1 334 h –
7 Petrolina Brazil 33 °C 33 °C 23 °C 81 mm 9 338 h –
8 Santiago del Estero Argentina 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 146 mm 12 330 h –
9 Sobral Brazil 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 100 mm 16 328 h –
10 Formosa Argentina 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 121 mm 11 354 h –
11 Boa Vista Brazil 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 34 mm 6 337 h –
12 Asunción Paraguay 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 123 mm 12 357 h –
13 San Lorenzo Paraguay 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 123 mm 12 357 h –
14 Ciudad Bolívar Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 15 mm 3 327 h –
15 Acarigua Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 22 °C 11 mm 2 341 h –
16 Maracaibo Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 7 mm 2 347 h 27 °C
17 Alagoinhas Brazil 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 58 mm 11 352 h –
18 Neuquén Argentina 32 °C 32 °C 18 °C 12 mm 2 426 h –
19 Arapiraca Brazil 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 36 mm 9 355 h –
20 Resistencia Argentina 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 145 mm 11 356 h –
21 Araure Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 22 °C 11 mm 2 341 h –
22 El Tigre Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 22 °C 9 mm 2 328 h –
23 Feira de Santana Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 63 mm 11 346 h –
24 Corrientes Argentina 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 142 mm 10 356 h –
25 Montería Colombia 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 40 mm 11 334 h –
26 Ituzaingó Argentina 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 138 mm 12 360 h –
27 Ciudad Ojeda Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 26 mm 6 345 h –
28 Cabimas Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 17 mm 4 348 h –
29 São João de Meriti Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 258 mm 21 302 h –
30 Governador Valadares Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 162 mm 13 317 h –
31 Cachoeiro de Itapemirim Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 145 mm 13 316 h –
32 Juazeiro do Norte Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 119 mm 14 319 h –
33 Nova Iguaçu Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 231 mm 20 302 h –
34 Posadas Argentina 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 131 mm 13 357 h –
35 Teresina Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 240 mm 22 306 h –
36 Barinas Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 21 °C 17 mm 3 340 h –
37 San Juan de los Morros Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 21 °C 11 mm 3 338 h –
38 Coro Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 10 mm 3 344 h 26 °C
39 Sincelejo Colombia 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 31 mm 8 341 h –
40 Ciudad del Este Paraguay 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 162 mm 16 344 h –
41 Rondonópolis Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 266 mm 24 294 h –
42 Santa Fe Argentina 31 °C 31 °C 21 °C 113 mm 9 374 h –
43 Camaçari Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 56 mm 13 364 h 28 °C
44 Yopal Colombia 31 °C 31 °C 21 °C 10 mm 2 351 h –
45 Campos dos Goytacazes Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 154 mm 13 325 h –
46 Cuiabá Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 242 mm 25 296 h –
47 Ipatinga Brazil 30 °C 30 °C 22 °C 176 mm 14 308 h –
48 Várzea Grande Brazil 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 247 mm 24 290 h –
49 Caxias Brazil 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 235 mm 24 304 h –
50 Cartagena Colombia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 9 mm 2 344 h 28 °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

December: top 5

  1. Sobral 34 °C
  2. Mossoró 34 °C
  3. Teresina 34 °C
  4. Petrolina 33 °C
  5. Juazeiro do Norte 33 °C

Full ranking for December

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

How this ranking is built

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