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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Cochabamba
Cochabamba climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,203 mm109 wet days a year
17.38° S, 66.16° WElevation 2,537 mUTC−4 · Bolivia Time
When to goCochabamba · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low21° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Cochabamba has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 21° and nights 10°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,203 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (237 mm, 20 wet days) and July the driest (17 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 20% in July to 61% in January.
Compared with Sucre, the capital, Cochabamba is 0.2° cooler on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 21° · October
- Coldest nights
- 6° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 20% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 10 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 06 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 20° |
| Average low | 11° | 11° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 6° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 11° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 237 mm | 193 mm | 171 mm | 67 mm | 32 mm | 18 mm | 17 mm | 31 mm | 53 mm | 85 mm | 129 mm | 170 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 19.9 | 19.2 | 14.5 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 17.9 |
| Cloud cover | 61% | 57% | 50% | 38% | 26% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 27% | 40% | 51% | 60% |
| Daylight | 13h 03 | 12h 39 | 12h 12 | 11h 42 | 11h 18 | 11h 06 | 11h 11 | 11h 31 | 11h 59 | 12h 29 | 12h 55 | 13h 10 |
| Month score | 54 | 56 | 59 | 80 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 95 | 92 | 77 | 67 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Cochabamba in every month
January54
19° / 11°
237 mm · 19.9 wet days
February56
19° / 11°
193 mm · 19.2 wet days
March59
19° / 10°
171 mm · 14.5 wet days
April80
19° / 9°
67 mm · 7.1 wet days
May92
19° / 7°
32 mm · 3.5 wet days
June95
19° / 6°
18 mm · 2.3 wet days
July97
19° / 6°
17 mm · 1.4 wet day
August95
20° / 7°
31 mm · 2.1 wet days
September92
20° / 8°
53 mm · 3.3 wet days
October77
21° / 10°
85 mm · 8.1 wet days
November67
21° / 11°
129 mm · 10.2 wet days
December54
20° / 11°
170 mm · 17.9 wet days