Climate and average weather in Copacabana

In Copacabana, the weather is cool, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near cool levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around January.

Best: late April to mid November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Copacabana typically varies from 6°C to 14°C, and is rarely below 4°C or above 17°C. November is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Copacabana for warm-weather activities is from late April to mid November.

Hottest
Nov
14°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Jan
286 mm
Driest
Jun
12 mm
Rain / yr
1317 mm
178 wet days
Daylight
11.0–13.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
0 m
16.2°S
Clearest
Jul
26% cloud

Copacabana is Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Copacabana weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to mid November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Copacabana, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Copacabana stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is November, with an average high of 14°C and low of 9°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 6°C and high of 12°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan138
Feb138
Mar138
Apr138
May137
Jun126
Jul126
Aug136
Sep137
Oct148
Nov149
Dec138

Average hourly temperature in Copacabana

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on November afternoons, near 14°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Copacabana weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 28628.70.112.92.0
Feb13° / 26125.6012.52.0
Mar13° / 21827.10.112.12.2
Apr13° / 9016.9011.63.0
May13° / 256.3011.33.9
Jun12° / 122.90.111.14.0
Jul12° / 153.50.311.13.9
Aug13° / 1640.511.54.2
Sep13° / 378.30.211.94.2
Oct14° / 7013.70.612.43.8
Nov14° / 8816.1012.83.6
Dec13° / 19825.20.112.92.4

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Copacabana gets about 1317 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.4 months, from around Nov 8 to Apr 20, peaking in February at about 93% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 19.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 286 mm over about 29 wet days; June is the driest, with 12 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 17 · 93%Jun 19 · 9%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan9229
Feb9226
Mar8627
Apr5617
May216
Jun103
Jul114
Aug144
Sep278
Oct4314
Nov5516
Dec8125

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Copacabana collects about 1317 mm of rain across 178 wet days — roughly 110 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 286 mm, while June is the driest at just 12 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 58% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2862612189025121516377088198
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan286290
Feb261260
Mar218270
Apr90170
May2560
Jun1230
Jul1540
Aug1641
Sep3780
Oct70141
Nov88160
Dec198250

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Copacabana, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 17 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around October 18. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 88% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 19 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around April 16. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 88% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 25 · 89%Dec 31 · 9%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1288
Feb1288
Mar2377
Apr5149
May7426
Jun8119
Jul8713
Aug8812
Sep7921
Oct5446
Nov3466
Dec1387

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 14, brings about 13 hours of light; the shortest, around June 14, only 11 hours — a swing of roughly 2 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.96:207:12
Feb12.56:357:07
Mar12.16:436:49
Apr11.66:476:26
May11.36:556:10
Jun11.17:056:08
Jul11.17:086:16
Aug11.56:576:24
Sep11.96:336:28
Oct12.46:106:32
Nov12.85:596:45
Dec12.96:047:01

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Copacabana averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around Apr 22 to Oct 10. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 23 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is January, down near 1 sunny days — about 96% fewer than the July peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2123 daysJan 31 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar3Gloomy
Apr9Mixed
May18Bright
Jun21Bright
Jul23Bright
Aug23Bright
Sep18Bright
Oct10Mixed
Nov5Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Copacabana, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)
Jan100
Feb100
Mar100
Apr100
May100
Jun100
Jul100
Aug100
Sep100
Oct100
Nov100
Dec100

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Copacabana is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Jun 11 to Dec 7. The windiest month is September, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 8 to May 3, with March the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezeSep 20 · 11 km/hMar 10 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb8calm
Mar7calm
Apr8calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct11calm
Nov10calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Copacabana

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Copacabana's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Copacabana

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Copacabana throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid May, Copacabana is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Copacabana for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to late November, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 31 · 4.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan2.0poor
Feb2.0poor
Mar2.2poor
Apr3.0poor
May3.9fair
Jun4.0fair
Jul3.9fair
Aug4.2fair
Sep4.2fair
Oct3.8fair
Nov3.6fair
Dec2.4poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Copacabana rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectemperaturecloudsprecipitation

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Copacabana, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Copacabana packs about the same all year — highs hold near 14°C. Across the year the things worth having are a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In November, Copacabana sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 16 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Copacabana by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Copacabana peaks around February 8 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 8UV 19Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Copacabana

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan9.57.5
Feb97.5
Mar8.57
Apr86
May7.55.5
Jun6.54.5
Jul74.5
Aug7.55.5
Sep86.5
Oct8.57
Nov97
Dec97.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Copacabana is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Copacabana banks about 138 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around November.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan11
Feb10
Mar11
Apr5
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep3
Oct27
Nov44
Dec27

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Copacabana receives about 6.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 5.4 and 7.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Aug 25 to Feb 15. The brightest month is November, averaging about 7.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 5.4 kWh/m² — roughly 30% less than the November peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseNov 97.9 kWhJun 225.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.7Intense
Feb6.6Intense
Mar6.5Intense
Apr6.2Intense
May5.8Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.6Bright
Aug6.3Intense
Sep7.2Intense
Oct7.7Intense
Nov7.8Intense
Dec7.1Intense

Where is Copacabana?

Copacabana sits at 16.2°S, 69.1°W, 0 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Isla del Sol, 17 km away.

LajaViachaLa PazPuno

Topography around Copacabana

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Copacabana.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Copacabana has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 544 m around an average of 3,932 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 719 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,996 m.

The land around Copacabana is covered by grassland (62%) and water (25%) within 3 km, water (58%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
544 m
16 km
719 m
80 km
4,996 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetland
Nearby: Isla del Sol 17 km · Tiahuanaco 60 km · Ilave 63 km · Sorata 64 km · Laja 85 km · Viacha 99 km · La Paz 106 km · Puno 107 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 40% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,148
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
21.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
Roman Catholic 65%Protestant 20%none 6%other 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Copacabana (-16.1699°, -69.0792°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).