Climate averages 1991–2020
Cochabamba weather
by month.
See how the year changes. November has the highest average daily maximum; June has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: MayJuneJulyAugustSeptember
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Cochabamba averages a daytime high of 21.3°C and a nighttime low of 10.7°C, with about 845 mm of rain on roughly 130 days. November is the warmest month (average high 22.7°C) and July the coolest (20.5°C). January is the wettest month with 187 mm; June is the driest with 7.1 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): May, June, July, August and September. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Cochabamba
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cochabamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 187 | 23.2 | 13.013 h |
| February | 20.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 179 | 22.5 | 12.713 h |
| March | 20.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 124 | 18.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 21.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 12 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| June | 20.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| July | 20.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 21.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 11.512 h |
| September | 21.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 23 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 22.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 40 | 9.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 22.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 67 | 12.7 | 12.913 h |
| December | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 132 | 19.9 | 13.113 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
Nearby cities
- QuillacolloBolivia · 13 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 845 mm rain a year
- SacabaBolivia · 13 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 1,243 mm rain a year
- OruroBolivia · 119 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 613 mm rain a year
- SucreBolivia · 207 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 1,009 mm rain a year
- La PazBolivia · 233 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 702 mm rain a year
- ViachaBolivia · 242 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 712 mm rain a year
- PotosíBolivia · 249 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 772 mm rain a year
- MonteroBolivia · 309 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 1,575 mm rain a year
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC-4, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at -17.40°, -66.20° (5 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 0.5°C for the difference between the city's elevation (2,537 m) and the cell's (2,607 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at -17.50°, -66.25°. Quillacollo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.