Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de la Sierra weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Santa Cruz de la Sierra: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montero (50 km away). In August its highs average 27.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 21.5°C; Santa Cruz de la Sierra is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Santa Cruz de la Sierra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 172 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 141 | 16.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 118 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 65 | 10.7 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 61 | 10.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 53 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 23.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 44 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| August, selected | 26.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 44 | 5.3 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 65 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 85 | 10.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 29.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 118 | 13.1 | 12.913 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 165 | 17.8 | 13.213 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
August in nearby cities
- Montero in AugustBolivia · 50 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Sucre in AugustBolivia · 260 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Sacaba in AugustBolivia · 306 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Cochabamba in AugustBolivia · 319 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Quillacollo in AugustBolivia · 331 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Potosí in AugustBolivia · 337 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Trinidad in AugustBolivia · 376 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Oruro in AugustBolivia · 414 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 12 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is explained once on the Santa Cruz de la Sierra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.