Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in August.
A cool, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Potosí: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In August its highs average 19.3°C, 4.6°C warmer than Potosí, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 21.5°C; Potosí is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sucre in AugustBolivia · 80 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Oruro in AugustBolivia · 228 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Tarija in AugustBolivia · 242 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Sacaba in AugustBolivia · 245 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Cochabamba in AugustBolivia · 249 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Quillacollo in AugustBolivia · 250 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in AugustBolivia · 337 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Yacuiba in AugustBolivia · 346 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 10 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.