Climate averages 1991–2020
Oruro weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Oruro: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (108 km away). In March its highs average 20.7°C, 6.5°C warmer than Oruro, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Oruro ranks joint 11th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 21.4°C; Oruro is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in MarchBolivia · 108 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MarchBolivia · 119 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Sacaba in MarchBolivia · 129 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Viacha in MarchBolivia · 195 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 96 mm rain
- La Paz in MarchBolivia · 198 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Sucre in MarchBolivia · 226 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Potosí in MarchBolivia · 228 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Tacna in MarchPeru · 334 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 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.