Uyuni weather in November

In November, Uyuni sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 3.4 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of November to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Uyuni's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Uyuni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
13 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:43 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
40%
8th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
8.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Uyuni is city in Bolivia.

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

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical November day in Uyuni reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 2°C warmer than October and on par with December.

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How November really feels in Uyuni

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 7 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
7
wind chill below the day's low

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

Uyuni weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 1st-warmest and 5th-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 November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17327
27327
37327
47228
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67228
77228
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97228
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Uyuni gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 3.4 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 11% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
37
47
57
67
77
87
98
108
119
129
1310
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1511
1612
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1914
2014
2115
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2616
2716
2816
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3015

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November 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 November

Winds average 13 km/h in November.

Across November, 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
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of November to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:486:34
212.85:476:34
312.85:476:35
412.85:476:35
512.85:466:36
612.85:466:36
712.95:456:37
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Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 8.91 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

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 — November's 8.91 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.8Intense
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Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Uyuni?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

November is one of the better times to visit Uyuni for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Uyuni in November

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

In November, Uyuni sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 4°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Uyuni in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 17 (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
November 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).