Quillacollo
City in Bolivia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Quillacollo, Plaza Bolivar: Willaq, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Quillacollo is a city in Bolivia, in Cochabamba. About 172,405 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Bolivia in our atlas.
It lies at 17.39° S, 66.28° W, about 2,559 m (8,396 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/La_Paz time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Quillacollo. Green dots: other major cities of Bolivia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Quillacollo has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 23°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 1°C (34°F). Around 498 mm (20 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
- Cochabamba · 13 km
- Sacaba · 25 km
- Oruro · 108 km
- Sucre · 212 km
- La Paz · 222 km
- Potosí · 250 km
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra · 331 km
- Tarija · 488 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3906791 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1002090 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Quillacollo, Plaza Bolivar: Willaq, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)