Climate averages 1991–2020
Sucre weather
in July.
A mild, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Sucre: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potosí (80 km away). In July its highs average 13.3°C, 5.0°C cooler than Sucre, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Sucre ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest July highs and joint 7th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 19.9°C; Sucre is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Potosí in JulyBolivia · 80 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Sacaba in JulyBolivia · 199 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Cochabamba in JulyBolivia · 207 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Quillacollo in JulyBolivia · 212 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Oruro in JulyBolivia · 226 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in JulyBolivia · 260 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Tarija in JulyBolivia · 284 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Montero in JulyBolivia · 284 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 46 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.