Oruro climate

Name: Oruro
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Oruro is warmest in November, with average highs of 19 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average -1.4 °C. January is the wettest month (143 mm) and June the driest (5.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Oruro averages 601 mm of rain and 83 days below freezing.

Bolivia · population 208,684 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month November 19 °C
Coldest month July -1.4 °C
Driest month June 5 mm
Wettest month January 143 mm
Least cloud July 24 % cloud
Hottest on record February 24 °C
Coldest on record August -12 °C

What to expectOruro through the year

Oruro has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in July to 19 °C in November, a swing of 5.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 83 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 24 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 143 mm against 5 mm in June — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.4 °C	143 mm	86 %
February	15.2 °C	113 mm	84 %
March	15.4 °C	82 mm	75 %
April	16.2 °C	27 mm	57 %
May	15.6 °C	7 mm	33 %
June	14.2 °C	5 mm	26 %
July	14.0 °C	8 mm	24 %
August	15.4 °C	12 mm	27 %
September	16.8 °C	22 mm	39 %
October	18.1 °C	34 mm	55 %
November	18.5 °C	47 mm	66 %
December	17.2 °C	99 mm	81 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days below 0 °C
January	15.4 °C	5.7 °C	10.1 °C	22.9 °C	-0.5 °C	0
February	15.2 °C	5.6 °C	9.9 °C	23.9 °C	-0.4 °C	0
March	15.4 °C	5.0 °C	9.7 °C	22.3 °C	-0.9 °C	0
April	16.2 °C	3.3 °C	9.3 °C	20.9 °C	-3.1 °C	2
May	15.6 °C	0.6 °C	7.8 °C	20.0 °C	-5.6 °C	11
June	14.2 °C	-0.7 °C	6.2 °C	18.2 °C	-6.1 °C	18
July	14.0 °C	-1.4 °C	5.8 °C	18.1 °C	-6.8 °C	23
August	15.4 °C	-0.7 °C	7.1 °C	20.4 °C	-11.6 °C	18
September	16.8 °C	1.1 °C	8.8 °C	22.4 °C	-5.6 °C	9
October	18.1 °C	3.3 °C	10.5 °C	23.6 °C	-4.1 °C	1
November	18.5 °C	4.8 °C	11.4 °C	23.7 °C	-0.6 °C	0
December	17.2 °C	5.7 °C	11.0 °C	23.6 °C	-0.6 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	143 mm	25	13 h/day	86 %	71 %	17 km/h
February	113 mm	22	13 h/day	84 %	72 %	16 km/h
March	82 mm	20	12 h/day	75 %	71 %	16 km/h
April	27 mm	8	12 h/day	57 %	59 %	16 km/h
May	7 mm	2	11 h/day	33 %	39 %	18 km/h
June	5 mm	1	11 h/day	26 %	36 %	18 km/h
July	8 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	38 %	19 km/h
August	12 mm	3	12 h/day	27 %	41 %	19 km/h
September	22 mm	6	12 h/day	39 %	45 %	21 km/h
October	34 mm	10	12 h/day	55 %	47 %	21 km/h
November	47 mm	12	13 h/day	66 %	49 %	21 km/h
December	99 mm	20	13 h/day	81 %	61 %	19 km/h

How Oruro compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Oruro	19 °C	-1.4 °C	601 mm	0
Quillacollo · Bolivia	24 °C	7.7 °C	845 mm	34
Cochabamba · Bolivia	23 °C	7.5 °C	845 mm	19
Sacaba · Bolivia	22 °C	7.3 °C	1,190 mm	8
La Paz · Bolivia	15 °C	0.6 °C	714 mm	0
Sucre · Bolivia	21 °C	4.6 °C	1,003 mm	9
Tacna · Peru	27 °C	13 °C	82 mm	115

Where Oruro ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in February	4th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	4th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in South America in March	5th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in South America year-round	6th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in April	8th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in December	8th of 50	17 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Oruro.

QuestionsCommon questions about Oruro’s climate

When is the best time to visit Oruro?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. October, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, November is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Oruro get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 19 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 24 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.4 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 83 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Oruro?

January, averaging 143 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is June with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 601 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Oruro rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -17.972°, -67.093° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.