Punata climate — normals and trends
Punata (Bolivia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,727 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 (11.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Punata averages 2 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 241 rainy days per year.
Punata has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.4 °C (on 3 December 1989) and the coldest -5.3 °C (on 12 August 1955).
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
PunataCochabamba
- coords
- -17.54°, -65.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,727mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
241 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.9 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °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
22.4 °C
3 December 1989
Coldest day
-5.3 °C
12 August 1955
Wettest day
104 mm
25 January 2014
Windiest day
19.5 km/h
19 May 1955
Strongest gust
77.0 km/h
9 August 2015
Hottest feels-like
25.1 °C
16 March 1947
Coldest feels-like
-8.9 °C
12 August 1955
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
14 August 1980
Sunniest day
13.0 h
7 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 356 mm | +44 mm |
| Feb | 17.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 207 mm | -56 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 246 mm | +32 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 151 mm | +36 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 90 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 14.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 59 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 15.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 35 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 15.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 55 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 16.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 105 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 16.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 122 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 241 mm | +86 mm |
| Dec | 16.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 256 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Punata?
Punata has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,727 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Punata?
The hottest day measured in Punata between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1989, reaching 22.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Punata?
The coldest day measured in Punata between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1955, at -5.3 °C.
Does it snow in Punata?
Yes. Punata gets on average 5.5 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Punata warmed?
Yes: Punata warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Punata?
The wettest day measured in Punata between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Punata?
The windiest day measured in Punata between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 1955, with winds reaching 19.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Punata?
The warmest month in Punata is November (11.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Punata?
Punata receives on average 1,727 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 241 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Punata?
Punata gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Punata?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Punata between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1980, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Punata?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Punata.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Punata?
In Punata, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 25.1 °C on 16 March 1947, and the lowest was -8.9 °C on 12 August 1955.
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