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

Makkah tops the list at 35 °C averaged across the year. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three averaged across all twelve months: Makkah (35 °C) , Madinah (34 °C) , Al Hufūf (34 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 4.3 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Makkah Saudi Arabia 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 11 mm 2 344 h –
2 Madinah Saudi Arabia 34 °C 34 °C 19 °C 3 mm 1 347 h –
3 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 34 °C 34 °C 19 °C 6 mm 1 340 h –
4 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 34 °C 34 °C 18 °C 5 mm 1 339 h –
5 Mossoró Brazil 33 °C 33 °C 24 °C 46 mm 7 330 h –
6 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 33 °C 33 °C 26 °C 18 mm 3 335 h 30 °C
7 Teresina Brazil 33 °C 33 °C 24 °C 121 mm 11 327 h –
8 Sobral Brazil 33 °C 33 °C 24 °C 66 mm 9 330 h –
9 Coro Venezuela 33 °C 33 °C 25 °C 38 mm 6 339 h 27 °C
10 Caxias Brazil 33 °C 33 °C 23 °C 125 mm 12 326 h –
11 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 32 °C 32 °C 18 °C 6 mm 1 337 h –
12 Ciudad Bolívar Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 106 mm 13 324 h –
13 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 32 °C 32 °C 17 °C 8 mm 1 337 h –
14 San Fernando de Apure Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 141 mm 15 303 h –
15 Calabozo Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 117 mm 14 315 h –
16 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 32 °C 32 °C 18 °C 9 mm 1 334 h –
17 Petrolina Brazil 32 °C 32 °C 22 °C 33 mm 4 319 h –
18 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 346 h 29 °C
19 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 32 °C 32 °C 22 °C 4 mm 0 350 h 28 °C
20 Palmas Brazil 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 157 mm 14 314 h –
21 Valle de La Pascua Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 99 mm 13 323 h –
22 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 32 °C 32 °C 17 °C 8 mm 1 338 h –
23 Maracaibo Venezuela 32 °C 32 °C 25 °C 89 mm 12 317 h 28 °C
24 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 32 °C 32 °C 21 °C 8 mm 1 336 h 26 °C
25 Najrān Saudi Arabia 32 °C 32 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 340 h –
26 Parnaíba Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 25 °C 91 mm 11 334 h 28 °C
27 Imperatriz Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 103 mm 13 319 h –
28 Rondonópolis Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 112 mm 13 309 h –
29 Riohacha Colombia 31 °C 31 °C 25 °C 81 mm 13 324 h 27 °C
30 El Tigre Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 70 mm 12 321 h –
31 Juazeiro do Norte Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 54 mm 7 324 h –
32 Cuiabá Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 115 mm 14 312 h –
33 Várzea Grande Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 112 mm 13 305 h –
34 Maicao Colombia 31 °C 31 °C 25 °C 75 mm 11 328 h –
35 Barreiras Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 21 °C 70 mm 8 321 h –
36 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 86 mm 13 326 h –
37 Dammam Saudi Arabia 31 °C 31 °C 21 °C 7 mm 1 339 h 26 °C
38 Sullana Peru 31 °C 31 °C 20 °C 27 mm 3 328 h –
39 Araguaína Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 144 mm 15 312 h –
40 Montería Colombia 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 180 mm 23 288 h –
41 Cabimas Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 25 °C 154 mm 20 314 h –
42 Boa Vista Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 148 mm 16 311 h –
43 Ciudad Ojeda Venezuela 31 °C 31 °C 25 °C 155 mm 21 307 h –
44 Marabá Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 142 mm 16 302 h –
45 Castanhal Brazil 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 186 mm 20 309 h –
46 Piura Peru 30 °C 30 °C 20 °C 25 mm 3 328 h –
47 Santa Teresa del Tuy Venezuela 30 °C 30 °C 22 °C 72 mm 14 311 h –
48 Barcelona Venezuela 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 88 mm 14 333 h 26 °C
49 Maracanaú Brazil 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 75 mm 12 325 h 28 °C
50 Ananindeua Brazil 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 210 mm 20 313 h 29 °C

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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The same ranking for each month of the year:

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, averaged across all twelve months, 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 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.