Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarija weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Tarija: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yacuiba (121 km away). In February its highs average 28.4°C, 6.4°C warmer than Tarija, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Tarija ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 21.5°C; Tarija is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 191 mm to 163 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Yacuiba in FebruaryBolivia · 121 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 226 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in FebruaryArgentina · 183 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 206 mm rain
- Potosí in FebruaryBolivia · 242 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Sucre in FebruaryBolivia · 284 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 180 mm rain
- Calama in FebruaryChile · 444 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in FebruaryBolivia · 447 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 467 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Sacaba in FebruaryBolivia · 480 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 212 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.