Climate averages 1991–2020
Oruro weather
in July.
A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Oruro: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about -2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (108 km away). In July its highs average 21.1°C, 8.3°C warmer than Oruro, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Oruro ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 19.9°C; Oruro is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.1 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in JulyBolivia · 108 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Cochabamba in JulyBolivia · 119 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Sacaba in JulyBolivia · 129 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Viacha in JulyBolivia · 195 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 10 mm rain
- La Paz in JulyBolivia · 198 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Sucre in JulyBolivia · 226 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Potosí in JulyBolivia · 228 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Tacna in JulyPeru · 334 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 3.9 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.