Bolivia
Sucre in May
🌤️ Cool dry seasonPleasant and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings
Why May scores 9.3What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.3
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (22°C highs / 6°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 5.3°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~5 mm rain)
- Air quality10.0
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~4 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline6.0
- ·Increased caution
| May | Apr | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.3 Excellent | 9.4 Excellent |
| Season | 🌤️ Cool dry season | ☀️ Dry season |
| High / low | 22° / 6° | 22° / 9° |
| Rain | 5 mm | 28 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 5° | dew pt 9° |
| PM2.5 | 4 µg/m³ | 5 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Sucre weather-station normals. Rainfall: Sucre weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsMay 2027
No long holidaysNo long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.
Other public holidays: Labor Day (1 May) · Corpus Christi (27 May)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore SucreEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallySucre is Bolivia's constitutional capital, a whitewashed colonial city in the southern highlands. Travellers come for its UNESCO-listed historic centre, mild climate and Spanish schools.
25 de MayoEvery year25 May every year
Marks the 1809 independence uprising in Sucre, with parades.
Why go: A local holiday with celebrations in the main square.
Where: Across the city
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Independence DayEvery year6 August every year
Bolivia's national day, especially significant in Sucre where independence was declared.
Why go: Public holiday with parades; book rooms early.
Where: Across the city
PujllayDate variesDates vary; usually March
A traditional festival with costumes, music and dance commemorating a historic battle.
Why go: A memorable day trip from Sucre; go early.
Where: Tarabuco
Casa de la Libertad
The building where Bolivia's declaration of independence was signed in 1825, now a museum.
Plaza 25 de Mayo
The main square, surrounded by the cathedral and colonial buildings.
La Recoleta
A monastery on a hill with a lookout over the city's white rooftops.
💡 Go late afternoon for sunset views.
Parque Cretácico
A park beside a quarry wall covered with thousands of dinosaur footprints.
💡 Bring sun protection; the site is exposed.
Tarabuco Sunday Market
A market in the town of Tarabuco, about two hours away, known for woven textiles.
💡 Shared tourist buses leave Sucre early on Sunday mornings.
Chorizo chuquisaqueño
A local pork sausage, a specialty of the Sucre region.
💡 Local eateries and markets
Salteñas
Baked pastries filled with a juicy meat stew, eaten mid-morning.
💡 Salteñerías, before lunch
Mondongo
A spicy pork dish served with corn and potatoes, a Sucre specialty.
💡 Traditional restaurants
Chocolate
Sucre is known across Bolivia for its chocolate makers.
💡 Chocolate shops around the main square
Sucre chocolate
Boxed chocolates from local makers such as Para Ti.
💡 Chocolate shops in the centre
Jalq'a and Tarabuco textiles
Hand-woven textiles from Indigenous communities near Sucre.
💡 Museo de Arte Indígena (ASUR) shop and Tarabuco market