January in Bolivia is the central month of summer, and it is the
hottest of the year in the south, while in the rest of the country, the temperatures are similar throughout the November-March period.
In all the
lowlands, both in the north, occupied by the forest, where it is hot all year round (see Cobija, Riberalta), and in the central-south, in the Gran Chaco, occupied by the savannah, it is a hot and sultry month, and we are also in the rainiest period of the year. Sometimes it can get very hot, and the temperature can reach 35/37 °C (95/99 °F) in the north and 40 °C (104 °F) in the center-south.
Even in the
Andes (see La Paz, Sucre), where the temperature varies according to the altitude, it is the mildest and wettest period of the year. However, the rains are usually not abundant, but they are frequent. The least rainy area is the western one, near the border with Chile and Peru (see Lake Titicaca and the Salar de Uyuni). However, at high altitudes it gets cold at night, and above 3,500 meters (11,500 feet), the temperature can drop below freezing.
Although we are in the tropics, so the length of the
day does not vary much over the course of the year, in December and January, the day is about an hour longer than in June and in July in the north, and an hour and a half longer in the south.
Bolivia - Climate data in January| City | Temperature | Rain | Sun | Daylight |
|---|
| (north to south) | Min°C
(°F) | Max°C
(°F) | mm
(in) | Days | Hours | Hours |
|---|
Cobija
(200 m.) | 22
(72) | 31
(87) | 265
(10.4) | 19 | 5.7 | 12.7 |
|---|
La Paz
(3,600 m.) | 7
(45) | 18
(65) | 125
(4.9) | 21 | 4.7 | 13.0 |
|---|
Santa Cruz
(400 m.) | 23
(73) | 31
(88) | 200
(7.9) | 12 | 7 | 13.1 |
|---|
| Puerto Suarez | 24
(74) | 33
(92) | 180
(7.1) | 10 | 7.2 | 13.1 |
|---|
Sucre
(2,800 m.) | 11
(51) | 21
(69) | 155
(6.1) | 16 | 5 | 13.1 |
|---|
Uyuni
(3,650 m.) | 6
(42) | 21
(69) | 80
(3.1) | 11 | 7.3 | 13.2 |
|---|
See also: Bolivia, the weather in
December -
FebruaryThe climate of
Bolivia