Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in May.
A cool, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Potosí: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In May its highs average 18.3°C, 4.1°C warmer than Potosí, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; Potosí is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.2 mm to 2.2 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sucre in MayBolivia · 80 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Oruro in MayBolivia · 228 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Tarija in MayBolivia · 242 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 245 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MayBolivia · 249 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MayBolivia · 250 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in MayBolivia · 337 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Yacuiba in MayBolivia · 346 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 40 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.