Santa Cruz weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇴 Bolivia · major city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Santa Cruz is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with August and June close behind. Santa Cruz averages about 2,126 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 39 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,126
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 1,217 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 2.1M
- Elevation
- 371 m
When is the best time to visit Santa Cruz?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Santa Cruz is July, then August and June. The dullest month is October (59/100, 95 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Santa Cruz?
Santa Cruz gets a moderate 2,126 hours of sunshine a year. July (84/100) is noticeably better than October (59). It ranks #10 of 14 destinations in Bolivia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,327 hours. The year's 1,217 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 173 mm | 10 |
| February | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 161 mm | 10 |
| March | 69 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 120 mm | 10 |
| April | 73 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 100 mm | 8 |
| May | 75 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 90 mm | 6 |
| June | 77 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 76 mm | 5 |
| July | 84 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 39 mm | 6 |
| August | 83 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 44 mm | 7 |
| September | 73 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 52 mm | 7 |
| October | 59 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 95 mm | 9 |
| November | 62 | 33° / 91°F | 22° / 72°F | 121 mm | 10 |
| December | 64 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 146 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Cochabamba Bolivia · 323 km · best in May · 3,159 h sun/yr
- La Paz / El Alto Bolivia · 552 km · best in Nov · 3,332 h sun/yr
- Tacna Peru · 757 km · best in Jun · 2,892 h sun/yr
- Arica Chile · 766 km · best in Mar · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Cuiabá Brazil · 780 km · best in Jun · 2,653 h sun/yr
- Juliaca Peru · 786 km · best in Nov · 3,736 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chimore Bolivia · 226 km · 1,849 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sucre Bolivia · 277 km · 3,604 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Oruro Bolivia · 419 km · 3,706 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Tarija Bolivia · 465 km · 2,731 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Pontes e Lacerda Brazil · 484 km · 2,509 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Santa Cruz compares month by month: Santa Cruz vs La Paz / El Alto · Santa Cruz vs Cochabamba · Santa Cruz vs Cuiabá · Santa Cruz vs Tacna · all comparisons
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