Climate averages 1991–2020
Yacuiba weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Yacuiba: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarija (121 km away). In May its highs average 19.2°C, 3.0°C cooler than Yacuiba, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, Yacuiba ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; Yacuiba is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 18 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
Yacuiba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 239 | 18.2 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 226 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 185 | 15.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 86 | 11.3 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 40 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 18 | 4.8 | 10.811 h |
| July | 21.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 14 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| August | 25.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 24 | 4.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 86 | 10.8 | 12.613 h |
| November | 29.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 149 | 13.2 | 13.113 h |
| December | 29.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 215 | 16.7 | 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
- Tarija in MayBolivia · 121 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 24 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in MayArgentina · 141 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Potosí in MayBolivia · 346 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Sucre in MayBolivia · 371 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra in MayBolivia · 473 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Montero in MayBolivia · 522 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Calama in MayChile · 542 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 570 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 Yacuiba) is explained once on the Yacuiba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.