Sucre climate

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Sucre is warmest in October, with average highs of 21 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 4.6 °C. January is the wettest month (204 mm) and June the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sucre averages 1,003 mm of rain, 9 days above 25 °C and 5 days below freezing.

Bolivia · population 224,838 · 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 October 21 °C
Coldest month July 4.6 °C
Driest month June 13 mm
Wettest month January 204 mm
Least cloud July 37 % cloud
Hottest on record September 30 °C
Coldest on record June -2.8 °C

What to expectSucre through the year

Sucre has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 21 °C in October, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 9 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 204 mm against 13 mm in June — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.8 °C	204 mm	85 %
February	18.5 °C	178 mm	85 %
March	18.2 °C	138 mm	79 %
April	18.2 °C	61 mm	67 %
May	18.4 °C	19 mm	51 %
June	18.6 °C	13 mm	40 %
July	18.4 °C	14 mm	37 %
August	19.5 °C	25 mm	39 %
September	20.4 °C	40 mm	51 %
October	20.8 °C	66 mm	66 %
November	20.4 °C	94 mm	75 %
December	19.7 °C	149 mm	83 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	18.8 °C	10.7 °C	14.2 °C	27.1 °C	6.2 °C	0	0
February	18.5 °C	10.7 °C	14.0 °C	25.2 °C	7.2 °C	0	0
March	18.2 °C	10.3 °C	13.7 °C	25.1 °C	2.8 °C	0	0
April	18.2 °C	9.2 °C	13.3 °C	24.6 °C	2.7 °C	0	0
May	18.4 °C	6.8 °C	12.2 °C	25.1 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0
June	18.6 °C	4.9 °C	11.4 °C	25.2 °C	-2.8 °C	0	2
July	18.4 °C	4.6 °C	11.2 °C	25.2 °C	-2.7 °C	0	2
August	19.5 °C	5.9 °C	12.3 °C	27.2 °C	-1.7 °C	1	0
September	20.4 °C	7.9 °C	13.6 °C	29.5 °C	-0.4 °C	2	0
October	20.8 °C	9.6 °C	14.6 °C	29.3 °C	3.1 °C	3	0
November	20.4 °C	10.4 °C	14.8 °C	28.5 °C	4.4 °C	2	0
December	19.7 °C	10.8 °C	14.7 °C	27.9 °C	5.5 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	204 mm	24	13 h/day	85 %	80 %	12 km/h
February	178 mm	22	13 h/day	85 %	82 %	12 km/h
March	138 mm	20	12 h/day	79 %	82 %	12 km/h
April	61 mm	12	12 h/day	67 %	78 %	13 km/h
May	19 mm	5	11 h/day	51 %	69 %	15 km/h
June	13 mm	3	11 h/day	40 %	61 %	15 km/h
July	14 mm	3	11 h/day	37 %	60 %	16 km/h
August	25 mm	5	11 h/day	39 %	60 %	17 km/h
September	40 mm	8	12 h/day	51 %	61 %	17 km/h
October	66 mm	13	13 h/day	66 %	66 %	17 km/h
November	94 mm	16	13 h/day	75 %	71 %	15 km/h
December	149 mm	21	13 h/day	83 %	76 %	14 km/h

How Sucre 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
Sucre	21 °C	4.6 °C	1,003 mm	9
Sacaba · Bolivia	22 °C	7.3 °C	1,190 mm	8
Cochabamba · Bolivia	23 °C	7.5 °C	845 mm	19
Quillacollo · Bolivia	24 °C	7.7 °C	845 mm	34
Oruro · Bolivia	19 °C	-1.4 °C	601 mm	0
Santa Cruz de la Sierra · Bolivia	30 °C	17 °C	1,212 mm	289
Tarija · Bolivia	23 °C	4.6 °C	1,182 mm	78

Where Sucre ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in South America in February	14th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in March	14th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in April	17th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in South America in January	22nd of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in South America year-round	22nd of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in South America in December	25th of 50	20 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sucre’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sucre?

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, October is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Sucre get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 21 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.6 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 5 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Sucre?

January, averaging 204 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is June with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,003 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 Sucre 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: -19.033°, -65.263° (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.