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Bolivia climate

Hot Amazon east, cool dry high Andes. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:La Paz · Santa Cruz de la Sierra · Cochabamba · Sucre · Oruro · Tarija

Browse all 9 cities in Bolivia

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

Aw

Tropical savanna (dry winter)

3 cities

Santa Cruz de la Sierrapop 1.8M Trinidadpop 84k Cobijapop 27k

BSh

Hot semi-arid

2 cities

Cochabambapop 841k Tarijapop 159k

BSk

Cold semi-arid

2 cities

Sucrepop 225k Oruropop 209k

Cwc

Cold subtropical highland

1 city

BWk

Cold desert

1 city

Potosípop 141k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Bolivia.

Cold subtropical highlandCwc

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Tropical savanna (dry winter)Aw

Hot semi-aridBSh

Cold semi-aridBSk

Cold semi-aridBSk

Hot semi-aridBSh

Climate types in Bolivia

Bolivia spans 5 climate types. All climate types:

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter) · 3 cities BSh Hot semi-arid · 2 cities BSk Cold semi-arid · 2 cities BWk Cold desert · 1 city Cwc Cold subtropical highland · 1 city

Climate records across Bolivia — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Cobija (78.7 °F avg) · Coolest La Paz (46.5 °F avg) · Wettest Cobija (68 in/yr) · Driest Potosí (9 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Bolivia sits well between them.