Sucre weather in March

March in Sucre: nice, soaked, with clean air — fine if you can take 22 rainy days.

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Sucre🇧🇴 Bolivia · Altiplano & Lake Titicaca · City79
  1. 80Jan
  2. 80Feb
  3. 79Mar
  4. 86Apr
  5. 89May
  6. 88Jun
  7. 89Jul
  8. 89Aug
  9. 90Sep
  10. 89Oct
  11. 88Nov
  12. 81Dec

#12 of 12 months in Sucre · #568 of 1413 destinations to visit in March · comfort 79/100 (tier B)

Days
18°C
Nights
11°C
Wet days
22
Sun
9.4 h
Humidity
81%
Daylight
12 h
Sucre, Bolivia
Photo: Augusto Calle · Pexels

Traveller notes on Sucre in March

Forum posters describe March as still within Bolivia's rainy season, though January and February typically see more rain than March, with showers generally arriving as heavy afternoon bursts lasting a few hours rather than an all-day soak. Posters flag that unpaved roads can turn genuinely difficult with landslide and flooding risk during the wettest stretches, though city destinations like Sucre remain straightforward to visit regardless. Posters describe Sucre's own climate as relatively temperate compared to Bolivia's more extreme regions, with warm days and cool, not frigid, nights - a real point in its favor versus the Altiplano's colder, higher cities. Posters generally rate March as genuinely rainy but entirely manageable for a Sucre city visit, the mild climate here softening the wet-season inconvenience compared to elsewhere in Bolivia.
Tripadvisor community · March · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

Other months in Sucre

Forum posters describe the July-September window as Bolivia's winter but with reliably clear, beautiful blue skies, and Sucre specifically gets called an 'awesome' place to be during this stretch. Posters consistently note Sucre runs warmer and more comfortable than higher-altitude Bolivian cities like La Paz and Potosi, with one poster calling it a genuine 'Goldilocks' climate - milder than the cold altiplano, without the jungle heat and humidity found elsewhere in the country. September specifically marks the shift toward Bolivia's broader spring travel season (September-November), which posters name as the best overall window for the country given the combination of good sunshine and minimal rain even out at the salt flats and desert areas further from Sucre itself.
Tripadvisor community · September · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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Sucre climate normals — March

Daytime high18°C / 65°F😎 nice
Nighttime low11°C / 51°F
Feels like (high)19°C / 66°F
Rainfall155 mm / 6.1 in⛈ soaked
Rainy days22 days
Humidity81%💦 very humid
Dew point10°C / 51°F
Sunshine9.4 h/day
Daylight12.2 h
Wind12 km/h / 7 mph
Air quality (US AQI)21🍃 good

Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.

Crowds in Sucre in March

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.

Peak crowdsCarnival, Semana Santa, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Best months for Sucre's weather

Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).

Fair weatherSucre's weather doesn't swing hard through the year — comfort stays fairly steady in every month.

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What's on in Sucre in March

Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.

  • Holiday

    Carnival

    1 Feb – 10 Mar · usuallyCrowdedClosures

    Bolivia stops for carnival and the buses out of the city are full for days either side. Water balloons are a fact of the street for the whole week, tourist or not. Source ↗

  • Holiday

    Semana Santa

    20 Mar – 25 Apr · usuallyEaster & Holy WeekCrowded

    Holy Week in the white city: a dawn Via Crucis up to the Churuquella hill and the Good Friday Holy Sepulchre procession to the cathedral, plus sacred music concerts and the twelve-dish meal. Source ↗

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Sucre in March — FAQ

Is March a good time to visit Sucre?
March in Sucre: nice, soaked, with clean air — fine if you can take 22 rainy days. It ranks #12 of 12 months for Sucre on SeasonMap's comfort score (79/100).
What is the weather like in Sucre in March?
In March, Sucre averages a daily high of 18.4°C and a low of 10.5°C, with about 154.5 mm of rain over roughly 22 rainy days.
What is the air quality in Sucre in March?
Sucre has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 21 in March.