When is the best time to visit Bolivia?

Most guides agree on Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov. Salar de Uyuni: May to October for the dry salt, January to March for the mirror. La Paz: May to October (dry); April and November are quieter and still fine.

When is the rainy season in Bolivia?

No guide in Bolivia has a month above 250 mm; the wet months are wet, not under water.

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Best time to visit Bolivia

Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Bolivia agrees on Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.

Place	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	In words
Salar de UyuniMay to October for the dry salt, January to March for the mirror													May to October for the dry salt, January to March for the mirror
La PazMay to October (dry); April and November are quieter and still fine													May to October (dry); April and November are quieter and still fine

best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.

The guides in Bolivia

A vehicle reflected on the flooded mirror surface of the Salar de Uyuni

Salar de UyuniBoliviaTen thousand square kilometres of salt, and a rainy season that turns all of it into a mirror

Cable cars crossing above the brick houses of La Paz, stacked up the canyon wall

La PazBoliviaA city in a canyon at 3,600 metres, with cable cars for buses