Climate averages 1991–2020
Sucre weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Sucre: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potosí (80 km away). In April its highs average 14.1°C, 4.0°C cooler than Sucre, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Sucre ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 21.1°C; Sucre is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sucre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 205 | 24.7 | 13.113 h |
| February | 18.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 180 | 22.4 | 12.713 h |
| March | 18.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 138 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 18.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 59 | 11.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 18.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 19 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 18.4°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 18.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 14 | 3.4 | 11.111 h |
| August | 19.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 26 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| September | 20.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 43 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 20.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 14.1 | 12.513 h |
| November | 20.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 92 | 15.9 | 13.013 h |
| December | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 152 | 21.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Potosí in AprilBolivia · 80 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Sacaba in AprilBolivia · 199 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Cochabamba in AprilBolivia · 207 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Quillacollo in AprilBolivia · 212 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 226 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in AprilBolivia · 260 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Tarija in AprilBolivia · 284 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Montero in AprilBolivia · 284 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 96 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 Sucre) is explained once on the Sucre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.