Climate averages 1991–2020
Oruro weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Oruro: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quillacollo (108 km away). In October its highs average 23.2°C, 6.3°C warmer than Oruro, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Oruro ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.2°C; Oruro is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Quillacollo in OctoberBolivia · 108 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Cochabamba in OctoberBolivia · 119 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Sacaba in OctoberBolivia · 129 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Viacha in OctoberBolivia · 195 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 53 mm rain
- La Paz in OctoberBolivia · 198 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Sucre in OctoberBolivia · 226 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Potosí in OctoberBolivia · 228 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Tacna in OctoberPeru · 334 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.1 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.