Cochabamba climate — normals and trends
Cochabamba (Bolivia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 914 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is November (15.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Cochabamba averages 6 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Cochabamba has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 13 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.7 °C (on 18 November 2023) and the coldest -4.9 °C (on 10 July 1953).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CochabambaCochabamba
- coords
- -17.38°, -66.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.1°C
Average daily high
19.9°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
914mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
4.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
5.2 °C
Average peak gust
28.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
29.7 °C
18 November 2023
Coldest day
-4.9 °C
10 July 1953
Wettest day
87 mm
25 January 2014
Windiest day
24.7 km/h
18 June 1991
Strongest gust
72.4 km/h
18 June 1991
Hottest feels-like
30.5 °C
13 December 1997
Coldest feels-like
-9.6 °C
10 July 1953
Snowiest day
11.1 cm
25 January 2014
Sunniest day
13.0 h
7 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 201 mm | +6 mm |
| Feb | 20.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 121 mm | -61 mm |
| Mar | 18.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 222 mm | +90 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 157 mm | +102 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 37 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 5 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 20.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 12 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 31 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 23 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 21.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 71 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 21.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 86 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 21.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 161 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cochabamba?
Cochabamba has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 914 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cochabamba?
The hottest day measured in Cochabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2023, reaching 29.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cochabamba?
The coldest day measured in Cochabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1953, at -4.9 °C.
Does it snow in Cochabamba?
Yes. Cochabamba gets on average 8.2 cm of snow per year and has around 6 frost days.
Has the climate of Cochabamba warmed?
Yes: Cochabamba warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cochabamba?
The wettest day measured in Cochabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cochabamba?
The windiest day measured in Cochabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1991, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cochabamba?
The warmest month in Cochabamba is November (15.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Cochabamba?
Cochabamba receives on average 914 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cochabamba?
Cochabamba gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cochabamba?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cochabamba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 11.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cochabamba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cochabamba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cochabamba?
In Cochabamba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.5 °C on 13 December 1997, and the lowest was -9.6 °C on 10 July 1953.
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