Sunshine Atlas

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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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