Sunshine Map

Sunshine destinations in South America

331 places, each with month-by-month sunshine data.

Calama is the sunniest place in South America — about 4,353 hours of sunshine a year, at its best in April.

The sunniest places in South America

All 331 South America destinations with sunshine data, ranked by annual hours.

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  • 326
    Cuenca

    🇪🇨 Ecuadorhighland city

    1,236 h sun/yrbest in October

  • 327
    Macas

    🇪🇨 Ecuadorsmall town

    1,236 h sun/yrbest in September

  • 328
    Guayaquil

    🇪🇨 Ecuadormajor city break

    1,184 h sun/yrbest in May

  • 329
    Ipiales

    🇨🇴 Colombiahighland town

    1,075 h sun/yrbest in September

  • 330
    Tulcán

    🇪🇨 Ecuadorhighland town

    1,075 h sun/yrbest in August

  • 331
    Tachina

    🇪🇨 Ecuadorbeach resort

    971 h sun/yrbest in August

Sunshine hours come from climate normals interpolated to each destination — treat near-identical values as ties. How the data works →

Every destination, by country

Sorted by annual sunshine within each country.

🇦🇷 Argentina

🇧🇴 Bolivia

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇨🇱 Chile

🇨🇴 Colombia

🇪🇨 Ecuador

🇫🇰 Falkland Islands

🇬🇫 French Guiana

🇬🇾 Guyana

🇵🇾 Paraguay

🇵🇪 Peru

🇸🇷 Suriname

🇺🇾 Uruguay

🇻🇪 Venezuela