🇧🇴 Bolivia
Cochabamba
Cochabamba is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 661,484 according to the 2024 Bolivian census. Its name is from a compound of the Quechua words qucha "lake" and pampa, "open plain." Residents of the city and the surrounding areas are commonly referred to as cochalas or, more formally, cochabambinos.
- Country
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia
- Elevation
- 2,566 m
- Population
- 841,276
- Time zone
- America/La_Paz
- Coordinates
- -17.38, -66.16
At 2,566 metres, altitude sickness is no anecdote: take the first day slowly, drink water and skip the alcohol.
Weather in Cochabamba month by month
The best months to go: May · Jun · Jul
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 22° | 21° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 23° |
| low | 12° | 12° | 11° | 11° | 10° | 8° | 10° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 13° |
| rain | 173 mm | 185 mm | 178 mm | 31 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm | 4 mm | 13 mm | 16 mm | 61 mm | 185 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Cochabamba is from other cities in Bolivia
- Oruro119 km✈ 54 min · 🚗 1 h 59 min
- Sucre207 km✈ 1 h · 🚗 3 h 27 min
- La Paz233 km✈ 1 h 2 min · 🚗 3 h 53 min
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra319 km✈ 1 h 8 min · 🚗 5 h 19 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.