Climate averages 1991–2020
Cochabamba weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Cochabamba: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (13 km away). In December its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Cochabamba, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Cochabamba ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 22.5°C; Cochabamba is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 187 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in DecemberBolivia · 13 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Sacaba in DecemberBolivia · 13 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Oruro in DecemberBolivia · 119 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Sucre in DecemberBolivia · 207 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 152 mm rain
- La Paz in DecemberBolivia · 233 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Viacha in DecemberBolivia · 242 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Potosí in DecemberBolivia · 249 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Montero in DecemberBolivia · 309 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cochabamba) is explained once on the Cochabamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
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.