The least cloud anywhere that also feels warm at midday in February. All 244 towns and cities that draw visitors in South America were compared in February; these 15 lead.
The list
- 124% cloudSantiagoChile
The sky is typically 24% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 25°C. For simply being outside it rates 65, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 225% cloudChillánChile
Midday in February feels like 23°C with only 25% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 82, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 327% cloudIquiqueChile
The sky is typically 27% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 21°C. For simply being outside it rates 82, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 430% cloudSan JuanArgentina
Midday in February feels like 29°C with only 30% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 36, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 533% cloudChincha AltaPeru
The sky is typically 33% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 25°C. For simply being outside it rates 67, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 640% cloudTacnaPeru
Midday in February feels like 22°C with only 40% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 61, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 741% cloudSan AndrésColombia
The sky is typically 41% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 30°C. For simply being outside it rates 13, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 842% cloudTrujilloPeru
Midday in February feels like 25°C with only 42% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 74, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 942% cloudEl BolsónArgentina
The sky is typically 42% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 22°C. For simply being outside it rates 64, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 1043% cloudMaldonadoUruguay
Midday in February feels like 25°C with only 43% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 60, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 1143% cloudYopalColombia
Midday in February feels like 29°C with only 43% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 23, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1243% cloudVilla San JoséArgentina
The sky is typically 43% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 29°C. For simply being outside it rates 34, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1346% cloudChinácotaColombia
Midday in February feels like 30°C with only 46% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 32, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1447% cloudColonia del SacramentoUruguay
The sky is typically 47% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 26°C. For simply being outside it rates 49, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 1550% cloudPuerto AyoraEcuador
Midday in February feels like 32°C with only 50% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 5, Poor. See mid February on the map.
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 February; a city missing a reading for any part of that stretch is left out rather than scored on part of it.
The reading
Cloud cover is the share of the sky covered at midday. It is not hours of sunshine, which the observations do not record. Only places that feel between 20°C and 32°C at midday are compared.
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.