Climate averages 1991–2020
Sucre weather
in February.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Sucre: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potosí (80 km away). In February its highs average 13.3°C, 5.1°C cooler than Sucre, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Sucre ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 21.5°C; Sucre is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 138 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Potosí in FebruaryBolivia · 80 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Sacaba in FebruaryBolivia · 199 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Cochabamba in FebruaryBolivia · 207 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Quillacollo in FebruaryBolivia · 212 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 226 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in FebruaryBolivia · 260 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Tarija in FebruaryBolivia · 284 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 191 mm rain
- Montero in FebruaryBolivia · 284 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 210 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.