Climate averages 1991–2020
Sucre weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: one of the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Sucre: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potosí (80 km away). In March its highs average 13.3°C, 4.8°C cooler than Sucre, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Sucre ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 21.4°C; Sucre is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Potosí in MarchBolivia · 80 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Sacaba in MarchBolivia · 199 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MarchBolivia · 207 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MarchBolivia · 212 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 226 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in MarchBolivia · 260 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Tarija in MarchBolivia · 284 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Montero in MarchBolivia · 284 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 155 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.