Climate averages 1991–2020
Cochabamba weather
in May.
A mild, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Cochabamba: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (13 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as Cochabamba, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Cochabamba ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest May highs and joint 3rd of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; Cochabamba is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 7.1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in MayBolivia · 13 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 13 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Oruro in MayBolivia · 119 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Sucre in MayBolivia · 207 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 19 mm rain
- La Paz in MayBolivia · 233 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Viacha in MayBolivia · 242 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Potosí in MayBolivia · 249 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Montero in MayBolivia · 309 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 82 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.