Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Potosí: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In March its highs average 18.1°C, 4.8°C warmer than Potosí, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 21.4°C; Potosí is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Sucre in MarchBolivia · 80 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 228 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Tarija in MarchBolivia · 242 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Sacaba in MarchBolivia · 245 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MarchBolivia · 249 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MarchBolivia · 250 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in MarchBolivia · 337 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Yacuiba in MarchBolivia · 346 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 185 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.