Climate averages 1991–2020
Oruro weather
in August.
A cool, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Oruro: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (108 km away). In August its highs average 21.7°C, 7.6°C warmer than Oruro, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Oruro ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 21.5°C; Oruro is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Oruro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 143 | 25.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 13.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 117 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 14.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 84 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 14.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| May | 14.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 7.3 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| June | 13.0°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 4.9 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| July | 12.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 8.1 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| August, selected | 14.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| September | 15.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 21 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 16.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 35 | 10.1 | 12.512 h |
| November | 17.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 49 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| December | 15.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 105 | 20.8 | 13.213 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
August in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in AugustBolivia · 108 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Cochabamba in AugustBolivia · 119 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Sacaba in AugustBolivia · 129 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Viacha in AugustBolivia · 195 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 16 mm rain
- La Paz in AugustBolivia · 198 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Sucre in AugustBolivia · 226 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Potosí in AugustBolivia · 228 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Tacna in AugustPeru · 334 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 3.6 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 Oruro) is explained once on the Oruro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.