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Weather extremes

How extreme does Cochabamba's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Cochabamba has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1973–present), from the Cochabamba station 5 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Cochabamba has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
97°F Nov 17, 2023

That is about 12°F hotter than a normal November afternoon in Cochabamba (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 97°F Nov 17, 2023recent
2 97°F Nov 18, 2023
3 96°F Nov 7, 2014
❄️ Coldest night
21°F Jun 19, 1973

About 16°F colder than a normal June night in Cochabamba (typical low near 37°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 21°F Jun 19, 1973
2 23°F Jun 7, 1981
3 23°F Jun 9, 1981
🌧️ Most rain in one day
14.33 in Jan 20, 1984

More rain in a single day than Cochabamba usually gets in the whole month of January (typical January total about 4.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 14.33 in Jan 20, 1984
2 14.29 in Oct 20, 1990
3 12.09 in Jan 21, 2018

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 97°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Cochabamba's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — November's 97°F is about 12°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Cochabamba's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 97°F and as low as 21°F. A single day has delivered over 14 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 19 years of daily observations at Cochabamba, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →