Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarija weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Tarija: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yacuiba (121 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 7.0°C warmer than Tarija, with 239 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Tarija ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 21.8°C; Tarija is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 220 mm to 191 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Yacuiba in JanuaryBolivia · 121 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 239 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in JanuaryArgentina · 183 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 206 mm rain
- Potosí in JanuaryBolivia · 242 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 171 mm rain
- Sucre in JanuaryBolivia · 284 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 205 mm rain
- Calama in JanuaryChile · 444 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in JanuaryBolivia · 447 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 172 mm rain
- Oruro in JanuaryBolivia · 467 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Sacaba in JanuaryBolivia · 480 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 230 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.