Cochabamba weather by month
The best time to visit Cochabamba is April, May and September — 93/100 in September, 26°C and 5 rainy days. The best season is spring, September to November (92/100 on average).
The worst month is February at 83/100 — warm, soaked, clean air. See February →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Bolivia →
Best season: September to November (92/100 on average) · worst February (83/100)
- Days
- 26°C
- Nights
- 10°C
- Wet days
- 5
- Sun
- 10.9 h
- Humidity
- 65%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Cochabamba, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Cochabamba is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Cochabamba through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- February
- Corso de Corsos5 Feb – 20 Mar (usually)Festival
- April
- FEXCO trade fair23 Apr – 3 MayFestival
- May
- Santa Vera Cruz Tatala2–3 MayFestival
- August
- Virgen de Urkupiña14–18 AugFestival
- Independence Day5–7 AugHoliday
- September
- Día de Cochabamba13–15 Sep (usually)Holiday
- November
- Todos Santos1–2 NovHoliday
- December
- The valley rains1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Season
Crowds in Cochabamba in September
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusyDía de Cochabamba, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Cochabamba
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters consistently rate April as one of the best months to visit Bolivia, describing the rainy season (roughly December through March, heaviest in February-March) as easing off and largely finished by this point. Posters discussing Cochabamba specifically describe conditions there as mainly nice, though at least one account mentioned an episode of genuinely heavy rain even outside the core wet season, a reminder that some rain remains possible even in a generally favorable month. Posters generally note Bolivia's broader climate varies enormously by region and elevation, with Cochabamba's own valley setting typically running milder than the high Altiplano cities. Posters generally rate April as a good, largely post-rainy-season month for Cochabamba, with an occasional shower still possible despite the overall favorable timing.
Forum posters describe October as squarely inside Bolivia's dry season, which runs roughly late April through November before the rains build from December through March. One traveler on a late-October visit reported hardly any rain at all during their stay. Posters commonly name the broader September-November 'spring' window as the best overall stretch for Cochabamba and the surrounding valley region, combining dry conditions with warming temperatures before the wetter summer months. Posters do note the city and its lower-lying eastern districts can get genuinely hot at certain times of day this time of year, so an early start to sightseeing is common advice.
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