Best: May-Jul · Great: Apr, Aug-Sep
It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on January and a markedly drier stretch around May. In May, expect highs around 15°C with rain on roughly 1 day of the month.
The Salar de Uyuni salt flats are the headline draw — during the brief rainy shoulder season a thin layer of water turns the salt into a mirror, a phenomenon many travelers plan around specifically. La Paz's cable car network (the world's highest) offers a genuinely different way to see a city, and the Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca rewards a slower couple of days.
Try salteñas (savory pastries) and Bolivian-style llama dishes.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect mild days around 17°/3°C, with very wet conditions (~16 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 16°/3°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 16°/1°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 17°/-1°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 15°/-3°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 13°/-5°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 13°/-5°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 14°/-4°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 16°/-2°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 17°/0°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/2°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 21°/4°C, with frequent rain (~12 rainy days).