Climate averages 1991–2020
Oruro weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Oruro: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (108 km away). In February its highs average 20.7°C, 6.8°C warmer than Oruro, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Oruro ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 21.5°C; Oruro is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in FebruaryBolivia · 108 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Cochabamba in FebruaryBolivia · 119 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Sacaba in FebruaryBolivia · 129 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 195 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 mm rain
- La Paz in FebruaryBolivia · 198 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Sucre in FebruaryBolivia · 226 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 180 mm rain
- Potosí in FebruaryBolivia · 228 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Tacna in FebruaryPeru · 334 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 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.