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Best Time for Uyuni, Potosí and Sucre via the Salar
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Sweet spot: March, April, May. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- Dry season: the salt crust is drivable corner to corner and the night skies are absurd.
- Rainy season floods the salar into the famous mirror — spectacular, but crossings shorten and 4x4s stick to the edges.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C | 19.3°C | 99 mm | 13.1 h | |
| February | 5.4°C | 18.7°C | 90 mm | 12.7 h | |
| March | 4.5°C | 18.4°C | 57 mm | 12.1 h | |
| April | 2.1°C | 17.2°C | 20 mm | 11.5 h | |
| May | −1.3°C | 15.1°C | 5 mm | 11.1 h | |
| June | −2.4°C | 13.7°C | 9 mm | 10.8 h | |
| July | −2.7°C | 13.6°C | 4 mm | 10.9 h | |
| August | −2.0°C | 15.6°C | 4 mm | 11.3 h | |
| September | −0.2°C | 17.8°C | 11 mm | 11.9 h | |
| October | 2.1°C | 19.4°C | 29 mm | 12.5 h | ❄ |
| November | 3.7°C | 20.6°C | 30 mm | 12.9 h | ❄ |
| December | 5.3°C | 20.3°C | 78 mm | 13.2 h |