Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in June.
A cool, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Potosí: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In June its highs average 18.4°C, 4.9°C warmer than Potosí, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks joint 12th of 14 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 14 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 14 cities is 19.9°C; Potosí is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Sucre in JuneBolivia · 80 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Oruro in JuneBolivia · 228 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Tarija in JuneBolivia · 242 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Sacaba in JuneBolivia · 245 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Cochabamba in JuneBolivia · 249 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Quillacollo in JuneBolivia · 250 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in JuneBolivia · 337 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Yacuiba in JuneBolivia · 346 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 18 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.