Climate averages 1991–2020
Sucre weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Sucre: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potosí (80 km away). In December its highs average 14.9°C, 4.7°C cooler than Sucre, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Sucre ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 22.5°C; Sucre is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 152 mm to 205 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Potosí in DecemberBolivia · 80 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Sacaba in DecemberBolivia · 199 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Cochabamba in DecemberBolivia · 207 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Quillacollo in DecemberBolivia · 212 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Oruro in DecemberBolivia · 226 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in DecemberBolivia · 260 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 165 mm rain
- Tarija in DecemberBolivia · 284 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 194 mm rain
- Montero in DecemberBolivia · 284 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 239 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.