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Best time to visit the Southern Hemisphere
Across 70 cities in 20 countries in the Southern Hemisphere, the best months to visit are May, August, February — when the hemisphere's countries score highest for travel comfort (comfortable temperatures, low rainfall, and good sunshine from 2020–2024 data).
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Countries ranked by best month to visit
Each country's single best-scoring month (country-average visitScore across its cities), with the city that has the best weather that month. Higher score = better weather for a typical sightseeing trip.
| Rank | Country | Best month | Score | Best city | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ★ | Zambia | May | 100 | Lusaka | 1 |
| 2 ★ | Zimbabwe | August | 100 | Harare | 1 |
| 3 ★ | Chile | February | 99.5 | Valparaíso | 2 |
| 4 | DR Congo | July | 99 | Kinshasa | 1 |
| 5 | Angola | June | 99 | Luanda | 1 |
| 6 | Madagascar | September | 98 | Antananarivo | 1 |
| 7 | Mozambique | July | 96 | Maputo | 1 |
| 8 | Peru | July | 94 | Lima | 3 |
| 9 | Tanzania | July | 91 | Dar es Salaam | 1 |
| 10 | Kenya | June | 91 | Nairobi | 1 |
| 11 | South Africa | September | 90 | Johannesburg | 4 |
| 12 | Bolivia | July | 89.7 | Cochabamba | 3 |
| 13 | Argentina | September | 88.6 | Córdoba | 7 |
| 14 | Ecuador | September | 88 | Guayaquil | 2 |
| 15 | Uruguay | January | 88 | Montevideo | 1 |
| 16 | Paraguay | July | 86 | Asunción | 1 |
| 17 | Brazil | July | 84.4 | Brasília | 28 |
| 18 | Australia | December | 84 | Perth | 7 |
| 19 | Indonesia | July | 83 | Bandung | 3 |
| 20 | New Zealand | March | 83 | Auckland | 1 |
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