Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Potosí: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In November its highs average 20.2°C, 4.1°C warmer than Potosí, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest November highs and 6th of 14 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 14 cities is 23.1°C; Potosí is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Sucre in NovemberBolivia · 80 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Oruro in NovemberBolivia · 228 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Tarija in NovemberBolivia · 242 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Sacaba in NovemberBolivia · 245 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Cochabamba in NovemberBolivia · 249 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Quillacollo in NovemberBolivia · 250 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in NovemberBolivia · 337 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Yacuiba in NovemberBolivia · 346 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 149 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.