Comfortable, dry August days in places that do not feel hotter than 26°C. 244 towns and cities that draw visitors in South America were scored in August, and 78 rate Good or better. The 15 below lead, spread across the region.
The shortlist
- 185 · IdealOuro PrêtoBrazil
Rated 85 (Ideal) for easy outdoors in August: midday feels like 21°C, with partly cloudy skies. Good weather here runs from late March to early January, so there is room either side. See mid August on the map.
- 284 · IdealHuarazPeru
Midday in August feels like 21°C under mostly clear skies, which rates 84, Ideal, for easy outdoors. It rates Good or better all year, not just now. Open it on the map at mid August.
- 383 · IdealChiclayoPeru
Midday in August feels like 20°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 83, Ideal, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from mid April to mid January, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid August on the map.
- 482 · IdealNazcaPeru
A typical midday in August feels like 22°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 82 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about six and a half months, from May to mid November. Rain is rare at this time of year. Open it on the map at mid August.
- 580 · IdealPuerto Baquerizo MorenoEcuador
Midday in August feels like 23°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 80, Ideal, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from June to December, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid August on the map.
- 679 · GoodPenhaBrazil
A typical midday in August feels like 20°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 79 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about eight and a half months, from April to early December. Open it on the map at mid August.
- 778 · GoodManizalesColombia
A typical midday in August feels like 21°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 78 over the stretch. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid August on the map.
- 877 · GoodCaraguatatubaBrazil
Rated 77 (Good) for easy outdoors in August: midday feels like 21°C, with partly cloudy skies. The good spell lasts about eight months, from April to November. Open it on the map at mid August.
- 976 · GoodMucugêBrazil
Midday in August feels like 23°C under usually overcast skies, which rates 76, Good, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from May to September, so there is room either side. See mid August on the map.
- 1070 · GoodQuitoEcuador
A typical midday in August feels like 17°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 70 over the stretch. It rates Good or better all year, not just now. Open it on the map at mid August.
- 1165 · GoodCiudad del EsteParaguay
A typical midday in August feels like 22°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 65 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about four and a half months, from May to mid September. Open it on the map at mid August.
- 1264 · GoodSanta Fe de AntioquiaColombia
Midday in August feels like 26°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 64, Good, for easy outdoors. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid August on the map.
- 1363 · GoodTermas de Río HondoArgentina
Midday in August feels like 16°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 63, Good, for easy outdoors. The good spell lasts about three and a half months, from August to early November. Rain is rare at this time of year. Open it on the map at mid August.
- 1461 · GoodCafayateArgentina
Rated 61 (Good) for easy outdoors in August: midday feels like 17°C, with mostly clear skies. Good weather here runs from August to early November, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid August on the map.
- 1560 · GoodSaltaArgentina
Rated 60 (Good) for easy outdoors in August: midday feels like 17°C, with mostly clear skies. The good spell lasts about three and a half months, from August to mid November. Rain is rare at this time of year. Open it on the map at mid August.
Places with a guide of their own
Ranked the same way, but only among the places that have a guide of their own:
How this list is worked out
The data
Every figure comes from a decade of weather-station observations, blended into one typical year and read at midday, local solar time. Scores here are averaged in August; a city missing a reading for any part of that stretch is left out rather than scored on part of it.
The rating
Easy outdoors: A comfortable feels-like gates the score — best 16–26 °C for an easy day out (strolling, sitting out, sightseeing). Dryness matters most; strong wind knocks it back. Sun is a bonus, not required. A place is also left out when its typical readings contradict its own rating, for example a high score alongside frequent rain.
The spread
To keep one warm corner from filling the list, entries are at least 150 km apart, no more than three sit within 1,000 km of each other, and no more than three come from one country unless the list would otherwise run short.
Only places that draw visitors
Towns and cities with plenty of hotels, guest houses and holiday lets nearby for their size, or a great many of them in all, counted from Overture Maps Places, an open dataset. That keeps out places the weather favours but nobody travels to. Where two places share one resort or city, the one a visitor would name is kept.
The dotted links open the map at that place and time of year, on the same layer. The map remembers the time of day you last chose there; set it to midday to see these exact numbers.