Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Potosí: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In December its highs average 19.6°C, 4.7°C warmer than Potosí, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 22.5°C; Potosí is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 171 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Sucre in DecemberBolivia · 80 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 152 mm rain
- Oruro in DecemberBolivia · 228 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Tarija in DecemberBolivia · 242 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 194 mm rain
- Sacaba in DecemberBolivia · 245 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Cochabamba in DecemberBolivia · 249 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Quillacollo in DecemberBolivia · 250 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in DecemberBolivia · 337 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 165 mm rain
- Yacuiba in DecemberBolivia · 346 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 215 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.