South America Climate – April 2026 Update
This is a 4BYO aggregate. NOAA does not publish a standalone continental land series for South America, so we average country anomalies in our coverage. See methodology.
Temperature – Average
South America – Monthly Temperature – All Years
Each line represents one year of monthly temperature.
4BYO continent aggregate · equal-weight mean of 8 country monthly absolute temperatures (OWID/CRU TS).
Shifting Seasons
Weakly seasonalSouth America is weakly seasonal - temperature barely changes across the year (3.9°C range) and rainfall is fairly even. The clearest climate signal here is overall warming: monthly temperature has risen in every month.
Baseline vs recent monthly temperature climatology. Biggest warming: Sep (+1.4°C). The warmest month has shifted from Feb to Jan.
4BYO continent aggregate · OWID/CRU TS country monthly temperatures.
Member countries (8)
These are the country snapshots aggregated into the South America series.
Hottest & Coolest in South America this Month
1-month anomaly vs 1961–1990 across the 8 members we cover. Click a name to open its profile.
Data Sources
- 4BYO aggregate (NOAA does not publish a standalone continental land series for this region)
- Two-baseline model — comparison baseline 1961–1990; native baseline 1961-1990. Methodology →