The late-winter escape: where February is reliably warm and bright. 94 seaside holiday towns and cities in South America were scored in February, and 33 rate Good or better. The eleven below lead, spread across the region.
Where to go
- 170 · GoodPôrto SeguroBrazil
A typical midday in February feels like 32°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 70 over the stretch. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. See mid February on the map.
- 270 · GoodCartagenaColombia
Rated 70 (Good) for sunbathing in February: midday feels like 33°C, with mostly clear skies. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from mid January to March. Rain is rare at this time of year. Open it on the map at mid February.
- 369 · GoodFlorianópolisBrazil
Rated 69 (Good) for sunbathing in February: midday feels like 29°C, with partly cloudy skies. Good weather here runs from mid December to mid April, so there is room either side. See mid February on the map.
- 469 · GoodPuerto AyoraEcuador
Midday in February feels like 32°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 69, Good, for sunbathing. The good spell lasts about six and a half months, from mid December to mid June. Open it on the map at mid February.
- 568 · GoodTramandaíBrazil
Midday in February feels like 29°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 68, Good, for sunbathing. Good weather here runs from late December to March, so there is room either side. See mid February on the map.
- 667 · GoodLimaPeru
A typical midday in February feels like 26°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 67 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from late January to March. Open it on the map at mid February.
- 765 · GoodSão SebastiãoBrazil
A typical midday in February feels like 29°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 65 over the stretch. Good weather here runs from late November to early April, so there is room either side. See mid February on the map.
- 863 · GoodItacaréBrazil
Rated 63 (Good) for sunbathing in February: midday feels like 32°C, with partly cloudy skies. It rates Good or better all year, not just now. Open it on the map at mid February.
- 962 · GoodTibau do SulBrazil
Midday in February feels like 32°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 62, Good, for sunbathing. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. See mid February on the map.
- 1057 · GoodChincha AltaPeru
A typical midday in February feels like 25°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 57 over the stretch. Open it on the map at mid February.
- 1156 · GoodRecifeBrazil
Midday in February feels like 33°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 56, Good, for sunbathing. The good spell lasts about nine and a half months, from May to mid February. Open it on the map at mid February.
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 rating
Sunbathing: Warm feels-like gates the score — best 26–32 °C. Dry air, light wind and clear skies each lift it; none alone rules it out. 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 seaside places
Towns and cities within 12 km of the coast, with beaches and plenty of hotels, resorts and holiday lets within 10 km for their size. That keeps out hot inland towns and busy ports that nobody visits for the beach. Places to stay are counted from Overture Maps Places, an open dataset, so a resort missing there is missing here.
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.