🇧🇴 Bolivia
Oruro
Oruro or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683, about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately 3,709 meters (12,169 ft) above sea level.
- Country
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia
- Elevation
- 3,705 m
- Population
- 208,684
- Time zone
- America/La_Paz
- Coordinates
- -17.97, -67.09
At 3,705 metres, altitude sickness is no anecdote: take the first day slowly, drink water and skip the alcohol.
Weather in Oruro month by month
The best months to go: Sep · Oct · Nov
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 17° | 17° | 16° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 17° |
| low | 5° | 5° | 4° | 2° | 0° | -3° | -1° | -1° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 6° |
| rain | 98 mm | 91 mm | 102 mm | 27 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 7 mm | 12 mm | 16 mm | 49 mm | 117 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Oruro is from other cities in Bolivia
- Cochabamba119 km✈ 54 min · 🚗 1 h 59 min
- La Paz198 km✈ 60 min · 🚗 3 h 18 min
- Sucre226 km✈ 1 h 2 min · 🚗 3 h 46 min
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra414 km✈ 1 h 15 min · 🚗 6 h 54 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.