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Uruguay's main attraction is its beaches, so most visitors come in summer. Along the littoral, summer temperatures are smothering hot, but the hilly interior is cooler, especially at night. Uruguay has a temperate climate. The average temperature for the warmest months of January and February is 21.7° C (71° F), and for the coldest month, June, 10° C (50° F). Rain falls throughout the year and averages about 890 mm (35 in) annually. During the winter months cold storms known as pamperos blow from the south-west. You could go to South America at any time of year and find good weather or bad: unbearable tropical humidity or bone-chilling cold.

The equator runs through northern Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador and the countries immediately to the north and south of it are essentially tropical in climate (altitude aside), and so as a general rule are less humid, even if they are as hot, in our winter ( Dec.-Feb.). The further south you go, the more temperate the climate becomes. Generally, winter is a good time to go to Uruguay. Going Uruguay is not something you would do just in a blur, you would to think about it and maybe visit the neighbouring countries.