Sacaba climate — normals and trends
Sacaba (Bolivia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,378 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 (15.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Sacaba averages 1 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 216 rainy days per year.
Sacaba has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.7 °C (on 13 December 1997) and the coldest -3.9 °C (on 13 July 1979).
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
SacabaCochabamba
- coords
- -17.40°, -66.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.3°C
Average daily high
19.5°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,378mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
4.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
216 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.7 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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
27.7 °C
13 December 1997
Coldest day
-3.9 °C
13 July 1979
Wettest day
98 mm
25 January 2014
Windiest day
21.8 km/h
24 October 2021
Strongest gust
63.0 km/h
18 June 1991
Hottest feels-like
28.6 °C
27 November 1972
Coldest feels-like
-8.0 °C
10 July 1953
Snowiest day
7.1 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 | 19.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 226 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 20.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 182 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 19.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 261 mm | +82 mm |
| Apr | 19.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 228 mm | +135 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 86 mm | +41 mm |
| Jun | 18.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 45 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 19.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 34 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 60 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 20.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 79 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 20.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 109 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 21.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 157 mm | +34 mm |
| Dec | 20.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 215 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sacaba?
Sacaba has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,378 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sacaba?
The hottest day measured in Sacaba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1997, reaching 27.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sacaba?
The coldest day measured in Sacaba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1979, at -3.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sacaba?
Almost never: Sacaba sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sacaba warmed?
Yes: Sacaba warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sacaba?
The wettest day measured in Sacaba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sacaba?
The windiest day measured in Sacaba between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2021, with winds reaching 21.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sacaba?
The warmest month in Sacaba is November (15.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Sacaba?
Sacaba receives on average 1,378 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 216 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sacaba?
Sacaba 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 Sacaba?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sacaba between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1980, with 7.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sacaba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sacaba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sacaba?
In Sacaba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.6 °C on 27 November 1972, and the lowest was -8.0 °C on 10 July 1953.
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