Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz de la Sierra weather
in October.
A hot, 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 hot month in Santa Cruz de la Sierra: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Montero (50 km away). In October its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranks joint 3rd of 14 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.2°C; Santa Cruz de la Sierra is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 118 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Montero in OctoberBolivia · 50 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 137 mm rain
- Sucre in OctoberBolivia · 260 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Sacaba in OctoberBolivia · 306 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Cochabamba in OctoberBolivia · 319 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Quillacollo in OctoberBolivia · 331 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Potosí in OctoberBolivia · 337 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Trinidad in OctoberBolivia · 376 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Oruro in OctoberBolivia · 414 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 35 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.