Potosí weather in June

In June, Potosí sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 2 mm of precipitation across 0.5 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of June to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Potosí's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Potosí's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: -2°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 2 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:58 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Potosí is city in Bolivia.

Density: 1,195/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1545

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical June day in Potosí reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 18°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	-2
2	16	-2
3	16	-2
4	16	-2
5	16	-2
6	16	-2
7	16	-2
8	16	-2
9	16	-2
10	16	-2
11	16	-2
12	15	-2
13	15	-2
14	15	-2
15	15	-2
16	15	-2
17	15	-2
18	15	-2
19	15	-2
20	15	-2
21	15	-2
22	15	-2
23	15	-2
24	15	-2
25	15	-2
26	15	-2
27	15	-2
28	15	-2
29	15	-3
30	15	-3

How June really feels in Potosí

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Potosí weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	171	25.8	0.2	13.1	2.7
Feb	15° / 6°	147	23.4	0.1	12.7	2.7
Mar	15° / 5°	108	21.4	0.2	12.1	3.3
Apr	16° / 3°	35	9.6	0	11.6	5.1
May	16° / -0°	6	1.8	0.1	11.1	6.4
Jun	15° / -2°	2	0.5	0.1	10.8	6.3
Jul	15° / -3°	4	1	0.3	10.9	6.1
Aug	16° / -1°	10	2.6	0.6	11.3	6.5
Sep	17° / 2°	26	6.5	0.2	11.9	6.2
Oct	18° / 4°	51	11.8	0.2	12.5	5.6
Nov	17° / 5°	77	15.6	0.2	12.9	4.7
Dec	16° / 6°	133	22.5	0.1	13.2	3.5

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85
Cloudier (%)	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Potosí gets around 2 mm of rain and snow over 0.5 wet days in June, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	3
30	3

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in June

Winds average 8 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of June to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:51 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:53	5:48
2	10.9	6:54	5:48
3	10.9	6:54	5:48
4	10.9	6:54	5:48
5	10.9	6:55	5:47
6	10.9	6:55	5:47
7	10.9	6:56	5:47
8	10.9	6:56	5:47
9	10.9	6:56	5:47
10	10.8	6:57	5:47
11	10.8	6:57	5:48
12	10.8	6:57	5:48
13	10.8	6:58	5:48
14	10.8	6:58	5:48
15	10.8	6:58	5:48
16	10.8	6:58	5:48
17	10.8	6:59	5:48
18	10.8	6:59	5:48
19	10.8	6:59	5:48
20	10.8	7:00	5:49
21	10.8	7:00	5:49
22	10.8	7:00	5:49
23	10.8	7:00	5:49
24	10.8	7:00	5:49
25	10.8	7:01	5:50
26	10.8	7:01	5:50
27	10.8	7:01	5:50
28	10.8	7:01	5:50
29	10.8	7:01	5:51
30	10.8	7:01	5:51

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.29 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in November across the year — June's 5.29 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Potosí

In seasonPeak

None of Potosí's seasonal hazards are active in June. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Potosí's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Potosí?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.3

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Potosí for sightseeing.

What to pack for Potosí in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Potosí sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near -2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Potosí in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Potosí peaks around January 21 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	19	18	16	13	10	8	9	12	15	16	17	18
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	18	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Potosí?

Potosí sits at 19.6°S, 65.8°W, 3,967 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Sucre, 80 km away.

Topography around Potosí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Potosí has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m around an average of 4,008 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,712 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,305 m.

The land around Potosí is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and bare terrain (29%) within 3 km, grassland (72%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (71%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

695 m

artificial surfaces 51%

16 km

1,712 m

grassland 72%

80 km

3,305 m

grassland 71%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← May Potosí year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Sucre 80 km · Uyuni 148 km · Llallagua 155 km · Huanuni 184 km · Mizque 188 km · Tupiza 207 km · Punata 227 km · Oruro 228 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

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 Potosí (-19.5836°, -65.7531°, elevation 3,967 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	-2
2	16	-2
3	16	-2
4	16	-2
5	16	-2
6	16	-2
7	16	-2
8	16	-2
9	16	-2
10	16	-2
11	16	-2
12	15	-2
13	15	-2
14	15	-2
15	15	-2
16	15	-2
17	15	-2
18	15	-2
19	15	-2
20	15	-2
21	15	-2
22	15	-2
23	15	-2
24	15	-2
25	15	-2
26	15	-2
27	15	-2
28	15	-2
29	15	-3
30	15	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	-2
2	16	-2
3	16	-2
4	16	-2
5	16	-2
6	16	-2
7	16	-2
8	16	-2
9	16	-2
10	16	-2
11	16	-2
12	15	-2
13	15	-2
14	15	-2
15	15	-2
16	15	-2
17	15	-2
18	15	-2
19	15	-2
20	15	-2
21	15	-2
22	15	-2
23	15	-2
24	15	-2
25	15	-2
26	15	-2
27	15	-2
28	15	-2
29	15	-3
30	15	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	-2
2	16	-2
3	16	-2
4	16	-2
5	16	-2
6	16	-2
7	16	-2
8	16	-2
9	16	-2
10	16	-2
11	16	-2
12	15	-2
13	15	-2
14	15	-2
15	15	-2
16	15	-2
17	15	-2
18	15	-2
19	15	-2
20	15	-2
21	15	-2
22	15	-2
23	15	-2
24	15	-2
25	15	-2
26	15	-2
27	15	-2
28	15	-2
29	15	-3
30	15	-3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	3
30	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100