Climate averages 1991–2020
Sacaba weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Sacaba: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cochabamba (13 km away). In October its highs average 22.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Sacaba, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Sacaba ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.2°C; Sacaba is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 103 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
Sacaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 230 | 27.1 | 13.013 h |
| February | 19.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 212 | 25.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 19.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 161 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 19.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 80 | 13.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 19.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 37 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 19.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 28 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| July | 18.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 32 | 7.2 | 11.211 h |
| August | 19.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.512 h |
| September | 20.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 59 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 20.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 78 | 18.0 | 12.512 h |
| November | 21.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 103 | 18.6 | 12.913 h |
| December | 20.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 173 | 24.8 | 13.113 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
- Cochabamba in OctoberBolivia · 13 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Quillacollo in OctoberBolivia · 25 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Oruro in OctoberBolivia · 129 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Sucre in OctoberBolivia · 199 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Potosí in OctoberBolivia · 245 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 51 mm rain
- La Paz in OctoberBolivia · 246 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Viacha in OctoberBolivia · 254 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Montero in OctoberBolivia · 296 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 137 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 Sacaba) is explained once on the Sacaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.