Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in July.
A cool, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Potosí: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In July its highs average 18.3°C, 5.0°C warmer than Potosí, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 19.9°C; Potosí is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.0 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Sucre in JulyBolivia · 80 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Oruro in JulyBolivia · 228 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Tarija in JulyBolivia · 242 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Sacaba in JulyBolivia · 245 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Cochabamba in JulyBolivia · 249 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Quillacollo in JulyBolivia · 250 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in JulyBolivia · 337 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Yacuiba in JulyBolivia · 346 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 14 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.