Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarija weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th 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 Tarija: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yacuiba (121 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, 3.0°C warmer than Tarija, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Tarija ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; Tarija is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 9.2 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
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 | 20.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 72 | 13.8 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Yacuiba in MayBolivia · 121 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 40 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in MayArgentina · 183 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Potosí in MayBolivia · 242 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Sucre in MayBolivia · 284 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Calama in MayChile · 444 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in MayBolivia · 447 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Oruro in MayBolivia · 467 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 480 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 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.