Climate averages 1991–2020
Sucre weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Sucre: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potosí (80 km away). In September its highs average 15.7°C, 4.4°C cooler than Sucre, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Sucre ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 9th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 22.6°C; Sucre is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Potosí in SeptemberBolivia · 80 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 0.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Sacaba in SeptemberBolivia · 199 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Cochabamba in SeptemberBolivia · 207 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Quillacollo in SeptemberBolivia · 212 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Oruro in SeptemberBolivia · 226 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low -0.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in SeptemberBolivia · 260 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Tarija in SeptemberBolivia · 284 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Montero in SeptemberBolivia · 284 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 96 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.