Tiquipaya climate — normals and trends
Tiquipaya (Bolivia) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,662 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 (9.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Tiquipaya averages 40 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 252 rainy days per year.
Tiquipaya has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 67 to 13 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 21.3 °C (on 27 October 1969) and the coldest -11.5 °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
TiquipayaCochabamba
- coords
- -17.34°, -66.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,662mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
7.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
252 d/yr
Annual snowfall
29.5 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °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
21.3 °C
27 October 1969
Coldest day
-11.5 °C
13 July 1979
Wettest day
98 mm
25 January 2014
Windiest day
19.0 km/h
15 August 2004
Strongest gust
76.0 km/h
30 June 1992
Hottest feels-like
22.7 °C
13 December 1997
Coldest feels-like
-15.8 °C
13 July 1979
Snowiest day
39.5 cm
25 January 2014
Sunniest day
13.0 h
8 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 307 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 15.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 214 mm | -59 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 220 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 152 mm | +44 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 60 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 13.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 30 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 14.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 31 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 13.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 56 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 14.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 83 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 125 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 15.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 175 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 15.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 266 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tiquipaya?
Tiquipaya has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 1,662 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tiquipaya?
The hottest day measured in Tiquipaya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1969, reaching 21.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tiquipaya?
The coldest day measured in Tiquipaya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1979, at -11.5 °C.
Does it snow in Tiquipaya?
Yes. Tiquipaya gets on average 29.5 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Tiquipaya warmed?
Yes: Tiquipaya warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tiquipaya?
The wettest day measured in Tiquipaya between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tiquipaya?
The windiest day measured in Tiquipaya between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2004, with winds reaching 19.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tiquipaya?
The warmest month in Tiquipaya is November (9.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Tiquipaya?
Tiquipaya receives on average 1,662 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 252 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tiquipaya?
Tiquipaya gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tiquipaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tiquipaya between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 39.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tiquipaya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tiquipaya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tiquipaya?
In Tiquipaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 22.7 °C on 13 December 1997, and the lowest was -15.8 °C on 13 July 1979.
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