and are among the holiday hotspots for Britons seeking to avoid the often unpredictable and underwhelming English summer.

But for those in search of sun, it turns out that Chile is the best place to go.

That's because scientists have revealed that a desert near the Andes is officially the sunniest place on Earth.

Such is its intensity that if you stood on the Chajnantor Plateau you would receive as much ultraviolet (UV) radiation as on , they add.

Analysis led by the University of Santiago revealed that the location in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which is more than 15,700ft (4,800m) above sea level, Milan Fodboldtrøje is Earth's sunniest spot because it has the most cloudless conditions.