Villazón climate — normals and trends
Villazón (Bolivia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 325 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 December (12.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Villazón averages 75 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Villazón has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 98 to 52 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 24 November 2015) and the coldest -10.5 °C (on 11 July 1946).
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
VillazónPotosí Department
- coords
- -22.09°, -65.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
325mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
47%
Average peak wind
19.7km/h
Seasonal range
6.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.2 cm
Average feels-like high
15.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
40.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
23.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °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
31.6 °C
24 November 2015
Coldest day
-10.5 °C
11 July 1946
Wettest day
46 mm
29 January 2001
Windiest day
50.8 km/h
11 July 2000
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
11 July 2000
Hottest feels-like
28.3 °C
29 December 1997
Coldest feels-like
-15.2 °C
11 July 1946
Snowiest day
4.8 cm
11 August 1993
Sunniest day
13.2 h
14 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 92 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 21.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 61 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 18.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 113 mm | +67 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 16 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 15.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 17.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 17.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 20.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 6 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 21.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 11 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 22.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 26 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 21.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 56 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Villazón?
Villazón has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 325 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Villazón?
The hottest day measured in Villazón between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2015, reaching 31.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Villazón?
The coldest day measured in Villazón between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1946, at -10.5 °C.
Does it snow in Villazón?
Yes. Villazón gets on average 1.2 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Villazón warmed?
Yes: Villazón warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Villazón?
The wettest day measured in Villazón between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2001, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Villazón?
The windiest day measured in Villazón between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2000, with winds reaching 50.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Villazón?
The warmest month in Villazón is December (12.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Villazón?
Villazón receives on average 325 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Villazón?
Villazón gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Villazón?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Villazón between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1993, with 4.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Villazón?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Villazón.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Villazón?
In Villazón, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.3 °C on 29 December 1997, and the lowest was -15.2 °C on 11 July 1946.
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