Best time to visit Latin America
5 destinations in 5 countries, each scored month by month, side by side.
August and September are a sweet spot at 4 of the 5.
The destinations
- Buenos Aires Argentina · best Sep, Oct, Dec
- Sao Paulo Brazil · best Jul, Aug, Sep
- Santiago Chile · best Jan, Feb, Dec
- Bogota Colombia · best Jul, Aug, Sep
- Lima Peru · best Jan, Feb, Mar
By country
Month by month
- January 3 sweet
- February 3 sweet
- March 1 sweet
- April 1 sweet
- May 2 sweet
- June 2 sweet
- July 3 sweet
- August 4 sweet
- September 4 sweet
- October 3 sweet
- November 3 sweet
- December 3 sweet
| Place | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires | 30° | 29° | 26° | 22° | 18° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 26° | 28° |
| Sao Paulo | 27° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° |
| Santiago | 30° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 15° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 23° | 27° | 29° |
| Bogota | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° |
| Lima | 26° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 24° |
| Sweet spots | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high, from the same ten years of climate readings its page is built from. A dot marks a busy month. The last row counts the sweet spots, and the best months are marked.
Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Latin America as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.