Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Potosí: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In April its highs average 18.1°C, 4.0°C warmer than Potosí, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 21.1°C; Potosí is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 6.2 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Potosí climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 171 | 25.8 | 13.213 h |
| February | 13.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 148 | 23.6 | 12.813 h |
| March | 13.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 108 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 14.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 35 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| May | 14.3°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 6.2 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| June | 13.5°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 13.3°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 4.0 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| August | 14.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 10 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| September | 15.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 26 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 16.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 51 | 11.7 | 12.513 h |
| November | 16.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 77 | 15.6 | 13.013 h |
| December | 14.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 133 | 22.5 | 13.313 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
April in nearby cities
- Sucre in AprilBolivia · 80 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 228 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Tarija in AprilBolivia · 242 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Sacaba in AprilBolivia · 245 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Cochabamba in AprilBolivia · 249 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Quillacollo in AprilBolivia · 250 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in AprilBolivia · 337 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Yacuiba in AprilBolivia · 346 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 86 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 Potosí) is explained once on the Potosí year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.