Uyuni weather in June

In June, Uyuni sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 1 mm of precipitation across 0.3 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 Uyuni's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Uyuni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
7:05 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
20%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Uyuni is city in Bolivia.

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month.

A typical June day in Uyuni reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and on par with July.

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How June really feels in Uyuni

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
30
wind chill below the day's low

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

Uyuni weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 13119.413.14.5
Feb17° / 1081712.74.5
Mar18° / 5411.812.15.6
Apr17° / 102.511.56.7
May14° / -2°20.5115.5
Jun12° / -3°10.310.84.4
Jul12° / -3°30.710.94.3
Aug14° / -2°30.911.35.5
Sep16° / -1°41.211.96.7
Oct18° / 91.912.57.5
Nov20° / 133.4137.5
Dec20° / 6210.413.26.2

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitationSnow

Uyuni gets around 1 mm of rain and snow over 0.3 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.

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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.

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Wind in June

Winds average 12 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
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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 6:59 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.96:595:50
210.87:005:50
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.33 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.33 kWh/m² to a high of 8.91 kWh/m² in November across the year — June's 5.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Uyuni?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Uyuni for sightseeing.

What to pack for Uyuni in June

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

In June, Uyuni sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near -3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Uyuni in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 19Jul 9UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb20Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep15Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec18Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Uyuni?

Uyuni sits at 20.5°S, 66.8°W, 0 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Potosí, 148 km away.

PotosíTupizaVillazónLlallaguaSucreHuanuniTarijaOruro

Topography around Uyuni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uyuni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 3,668 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,212 m.

The land around Uyuni is covered by bare terrain (55%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (66%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (66%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
906 m
80 km
2,212 m
grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
June weather nearby: Potosí 148 km · Tupiza 159 km · Villazón 221 km · Llallagua 228 km · Sucre 228 km · Huanuni 241 km · Tarija 248 km · Oruro 278 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 Uyuni (-20.4597°, -66.825°, 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).