Climate averages 1991–2020
Oruro weather
in May.
A cool, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Oruro: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (108 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, 7.3°C warmer than Oruro, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Oruro ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; Oruro is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.3 mm to 4.9 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in MayBolivia · 108 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MayBolivia · 119 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 129 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Viacha in MayBolivia · 195 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 14 mm rain
- La Paz in MayBolivia · 198 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Sucre in MayBolivia · 226 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Potosí in MayBolivia · 228 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Tacna in MayPeru · 334 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.1 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.