Where the half-term fortnight is still properly warm. Of 94 seaside holiday towns and cities in South America, 21 rate Good or better in the second half of October. These six are the best of them, spread across the region.
The list
- 182 · IdealAracajuBrazil
Midday in the second half of October feels like 30°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 82, Ideal, for sunbathing. It rates Good or better all year, not just now. Open it on the map at late October.
- 277 · GoodSanta Cruz CabráliaBrazil
Rated 77 (Good) for sunbathing in the second half of October: midday feels like 29°C, with often cloudy skies. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. See late October on the map.
- 377 · GoodMaceióBrazil
A typical midday in the second half of October feels like 30°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 77 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about ten and a half months, from late April to early March. Open it on the map at late October.
- 477 · GoodRecifeBrazil
Midday in the second half of October feels like 31°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 77, Good, for sunbathing. Good weather here runs from May to mid February, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See late October on the map.
- 565 · GoodGuarapariBrazil
Rated 65 (Good) for sunbathing in the second half of October: midday feels like 28°C, with often cloudy skies. The good spell lasts about four months, from September to December. Open it on the map at late October.
- 658 · GoodParatyBrazil
A typical midday in the second half of October feels like 27°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 58 over the stretch. See late October 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 mid and late October; 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.