Santa Cruz de La Sierra - Climate

Climate

The city has a tropical savanna climate, with an average annual temperature around 23 °C (or 73.4 °F). Although the weather is generally warm all year round, cold wind patterns, called "surazos", can blow in occasionally (especially in the winter) from the Argentine pampas making the temperature drop considerably. The months of greatest rainfall are January and February.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
115 30 22 107 30 22 89 30 22 63 28 20 66 26 18 48 24 16 37 24 16 25 27 18 46 29 19 81 30 21 98 30 22 139 30 22
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: MSN
Imperial conversion
J F M A M J J A S O N D
4.5 86 72 4.2 86 72 3.5 86 72 2.5 82 68 2.6 79 64 1.9 75 61 1.4 75 61 1 81 64 1.8 84 66 3.2 86 70 3.9 86 72 5.5 86 72
Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches

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