Sucre
Capital of Bolivia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Sucre Square: Parallelepiped09, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Sucre is the capital of Bolivia, in Chuquisaca Department. About 224,838 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Bolivia in our atlas.
It lies at 19.03° S, 65.26° W, about 2,798 m (9,180 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/La_Paz time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Sucre. Green dots: other major cities of Bolivia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sucre has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 24°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 3°C (38°F). Around 573 mm (23 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in BoliviaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Potosí · 80 km
- Sacaba · 199 km
- Cochabamba · 206 km
- Quillacollo · 211 km
- Oruro · 225 km
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra · 259 km
- Tarija · 283 km
- La Paz · 413 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3903987 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2907 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sucre Square: Parallelepiped09, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadioolimpicopatria: Charly102689, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
