Weekly note

Where to go in Latin America in January

4 of the 5 destinations in Latin America are in season in January: 3 a sweet spot, 1 good, 0 ok.

January is a sweet spot at 3 of the 5: Santiago, Lima and Buenos Aires. Best avoided at 1 of them.

Ranked for January

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Santiago Chile sweet spot 30° 0d 30C max, 0 rainy days
2 Lima Peru sweet spot 26° 2d 26C max, 2 rainy days
3 Buenos Aires Argentina sweet spot 30° 7d 30C max, 7 rainy days
4 Bogota Colombia good 19° 8d 19C max, 8 rainy days

Not this January

Other months for Latin America

January elsewhere

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.