Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarija weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Tarija: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yacuiba (121 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 6.5°C warmer than Tarija, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Tarija ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest October highs and joint 10th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.2°C; Tarija is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Yacuiba in OctoberBolivia · 121 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 86 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in OctoberArgentina · 183 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Potosí in OctoberBolivia · 242 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Sucre in OctoberBolivia · 284 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Calama in OctoberChile · 444 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in OctoberBolivia · 447 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Oruro in OctoberBolivia · 467 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Sacaba in OctoberBolivia · 480 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 78 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.