Climate averages 1991–2020
Potosí weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Potosí: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sucre (80 km away). In October its highs average 20.5°C, 4.1°C warmer than Potosí, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Potosí ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.2°C; Potosí is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sucre in OctoberBolivia · 80 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Oruro in OctoberBolivia · 228 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Tarija in OctoberBolivia · 242 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Sacaba in OctoberBolivia · 245 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Cochabamba in OctoberBolivia · 249 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Quillacollo in OctoberBolivia · 250 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in OctoberBolivia · 337 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Yacuiba in OctoberBolivia · 346 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 86 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.