Oruro weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇴 Bolivia · highland city · highland climate
The best time to visit Oruro is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with October close behind. Oruro averages about 3,706 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 29 mm of rain in November.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 3,706
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 481 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈41 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 15 (extreme)
- Population
- 247k
- Elevation
- 3,703 m
When is the best time to visit Oruro?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Oruro is November, then October. The dullest month is June (46/100, 45 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Oruro?
Oruro is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,706 hours of sunshine a year. 49 Sunshine Score points separate November (95) from June (46), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 14 destinations in Bolivia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,327 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 56% of the annual 481 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 100 mm | 13 |
| February | 70 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 89 mm | 14 |
| March | 75 | 18° / 64°F | 4° / 39°F | 53 mm | 13 |
| April | 72 | 17° / 63°F | 3° / 37°F | 19 mm | 12 |
| May | 66 | 16° / 61°F | -1° / 30°F | 6 mm | 10 |
| June | 46 | 14° / 57°F | -2° / 28°F | 45 mm | 9 |
| July | 49 | 14° / 57°F | -3° / 27°F | 7 mm | 9 |
| August | 65 | 16° / 61°F | -2° / 28°F | 11 mm | 11 |
| September | 81 | 18° / 64°F | 1° / 34°F | 17 mm | 12 |
| October | 87 | 19° / 66°F | 3° / 37°F | 25 mm | 14 |
| November | 95 | 20° / 68°F | 4° / 39°F | 29 mm | 15 |
| December | 78 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 80 mm | 14 |
See Oruro on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Cochabamba Bolivia · 112 km · best in May · 3,159 h sun/yr
- La Paz / El Alto Bolivia · 200 km · best in Nov · 3,332 h sun/yr
- Tacna Peru · 339 km · best in Jun · 2,892 h sun/yr
- Arica Chile · 348 km · best in Mar · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Santa Cruz Bolivia · 419 km · best in Jul · 2,126 h sun/yr
- Juliaca Peru · 429 km · best in Nov · 3,736 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chimore Bolivia · 232 km · 1,849 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sucre Bolivia · 249 km · 3,604 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Quijarro Bolivia · 277 km · 4,090 h sun/yr · best in Nov
Put the Oruro sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Oruro's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: