Oruro
City in Bolivia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Oruro: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Oruro is a city in Bolivia. About 208,684 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Bolivia in our atlas.
It lies at 17.97° S, 67.09° W, about 3,885 m (12,746 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/La_Paz time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Oruro. Green dots: other major cities of Bolivia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Oruro has a cold subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwc). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 18°C (65°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about -4°C (24°F). Around 481 mm (19 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Quillacollo · 107 km
- Cochabamba · 118 km
- Sacaba · 128 km
- La Paz · 198 km
- Sucre · 226 km
- Potosí · 228 km
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra · 414 km
- Tarija · 468 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3909234 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q35246 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Oruro: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)