Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Potosí: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In February its highs average 18.3°C, 5.1°C warmer than Potosí, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 21.5°C; Potosí is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sucre in FebruaryBolivia · 80 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 180 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 228 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Tarija in FebruaryBolivia · 242 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 191 mm rain
- Sacaba in FebruaryBolivia · 245 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Cochabamba in FebruaryBolivia · 249 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Quillacollo in FebruaryBolivia · 250 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in FebruaryBolivia · 337 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Yacuiba in FebruaryBolivia · 346 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 226 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.