Sunbathing weather in the darkest stretch of the northern autumn. 94 seaside holiday towns and cities in South America were scored in November, and 13 rate Good or better. The six below lead, spread across the region.
The shortlist
- 180 · IdealAracajuBrazil
Rated 80 (Ideal) for sunbathing in November: midday feels like 31°C, with partly cloudy skies. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. See mid November on the map.
- 275 · GoodItacaréBrazil
Midday in November feels like 29°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 75, Good, for sunbathing. It rates Good or better all year, not just now. Open it on the map at mid November.
- 374 · GoodTibau do SulBrazil
Midday in November feels like 30°C under often cloudy skies, which rates 74, Good, for sunbathing. This is not a short window: it rates Good or better all year. See mid November on the map.
- 472 · GoodSanta Cruz CabráliaBrazil
A typical midday in November feels like 29°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 72 over the stretch. It rates Good or better all year, not just now. Open it on the map at mid November.
- 569 · GoodFortalezaBrazil
Midday in November feels like 31°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 69, Good, for sunbathing. Good weather here runs from late April to early April, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid November on the map.
- 656 · GoodIguapeBrazil
A typical midday in November feels like 27°C, and the Sunbathing rating averages 56 over the stretch. The good spell lasts about two months, from mid November to early January. Open it on the map at mid November.
With a guide of their own
Ranked the same way among the seaside places with a guide of their own, each a link to its whole year:
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 November; 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.