Potosí
City in Bolivia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Vista de la Villa Imperial de Potosí: Parallelepiped09, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Potosí is a city in Bolivia, in Potosí Department. About 141,251 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Bolivia in our atlas.
It lies at 19.58° S, 65.75° W, about 3,967 m (13,015 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/La_Paz time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Potosí. Green dots: other major cities of Bolivia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Potosí has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 20°C (68°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about -3°C (27°F). Around 488 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.
What to eat in BoliviaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Sucre · 80 km
- Oruro · 227 km
- Tarija · 242 km
- Sacaba · 244 km
- Cochabamba · 248 km
- Quillacollo · 249 km
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra · 335 km
- La Paz · 424 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3907584 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q35045 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Vista de la Villa Imperial de Potosí: Parallelepiped09, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)