Climate averages 1991–2020
Sucre weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sucre: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potosí (80 km away). In May its highs average 14.3°C, 4.1°C cooler than Sucre, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Sucre ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; Sucre is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Potosí in MayBolivia · 80 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 199 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MayBolivia · 207 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MayBolivia · 212 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Oruro in MayBolivia · 226 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in MayBolivia · 260 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Tarija in MayBolivia · 284 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Montero in MayBolivia · 284 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 82 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.