Climate averages 1991–2020
Viacha weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Viacha: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 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 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Paz (23 km away). In April its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Viacha, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Viacha ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 21.1°C; Viacha is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 14 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
Viacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 143 | 24.8 | 13.013 h |
| February | 13.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 124 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| March | 13.7°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 96 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 13.8°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 46 | 13.5 | 11.712 h |
| May | 14.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 14 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| June | 13.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 8.2 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| July | 13.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 10 | 3.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 14.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 16 | 4.5 | 11.612 h |
| September | 15.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 32 | 9.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 15.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 53 | 13.2 | 12.512 h |
| November | 16.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 58 | 13.9 | 12.913 h |
| December | 14.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 110 | 20.8 | 13.113 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
- La Paz in AprilBolivia · 23 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 195 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Puno in AprilPeru · 205 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Quillacollo in AprilBolivia · 230 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Juliaca in AprilPeru · 234 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Cochabamba in AprilBolivia · 242 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Sacaba in AprilBolivia · 254 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Tacna in AprilPeru · 257 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.9 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 Viacha) is explained once on the Viacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.