Climate averages 1991–2020
Oruro weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Oruro: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (108 km away). In January its highs average 20.8°C, 6.8°C warmer than Oruro, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Oruro ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest January highs and joint 2nd of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 21.8°C; Oruro is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in JanuaryBolivia · 108 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 187 mm rain
- Cochabamba in JanuaryBolivia · 119 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 187 mm rain
- Sacaba in JanuaryBolivia · 129 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 230 mm rain
- Viacha in JanuaryBolivia · 195 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 143 mm rain
- La Paz in JanuaryBolivia · 198 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Sucre in JanuaryBolivia · 226 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 205 mm rain
- Potosí in JanuaryBolivia · 228 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 171 mm rain
- Tacna in JanuaryPeru · 334 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.9°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.