Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarija weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Tarija: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yacuiba (121 km away). In April its highs average 25.0°C, 4.3°C warmer than Tarija, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Tarija ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 21.1°C; Tarija is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Tarija climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 220 | 24.8 | 13.313 h |
| February | 22.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 191 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| March | 21.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 163 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 20.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 72 | 13.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 19.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| June | 19.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 9.2 | 3.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 19.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 8.5 | 2.7 | 11.011 h |
| August | 20.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| September | 22.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 34 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 22.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 86 | 17.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 22.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 130 | 20.5 | 13.113 h |
| December | 22.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 194 | 24.5 | 13.413 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
April in nearby cities
- Yacuiba in AprilBolivia · 121 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 86 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in AprilArgentina · 183 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Potosí in AprilBolivia · 242 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Sucre in AprilBolivia · 284 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Calama in AprilChile · 444 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in AprilBolivia · 447 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 467 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Sacaba in AprilBolivia · 480 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 80 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 Tarija) is explained once on the Tarija year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.