Bolivia
Uyuni in August
🌤️ Cool seasonCool and mostly dry. Watch for snow & ice risk.
🎒 Pack: winter coat, gloves & hat
Why August scores 8.4What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort8.1
- !Cool (15°C highs / -8°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point -14.1°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~2 mm rain)
- Air quality10.0
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~2 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards8.5
- !Snow & ice: Average low -8°C
- Safety baseline6.0
- ·Increased caution
| Aug | Feb | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.4 Very good | 9.2 Excellent |
| Season | 🌤️ Cool season | 🌤️ Cool season |
| High / low | 15° / -8° | 20° / 5° |
| Rain | 2 mm | 38 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt -14° | dew pt 3° |
| PM2.5 | 2 µg/m³ | 2 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Uyuni weather-station normals. Rainfall: Uyuni weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsAugust 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- Independence Day 6–8 Aug · 3 days off in a row
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore UyuniEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyA town in south-western Bolivia that is the base for trips onto the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat.
Dry seasonDate variesUsually May to October
Hard white hexagon-patterned salt and access to all routes.
Why go: Night temperatures fall well below freezing; bring warm layers.
Where: Salar de Uyuni and the southwest
Coming up later
Rainy season mirror effectDate variesUsually January to March
Rain floods parts of the salt flat into a giant mirror.
Why go: Spectacular photos, but some tour routes are cut and conditions vary year to year.
Where: Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
A vast high-altitude salt flat at about 3,650 m.
💡 In the rainy season a thin water layer creates a mirror effect, but some areas become inaccessible.
Train Cemetery
Rusting steam locomotives just outside Uyuni town.
Isla Incahuasi
A rocky island in the salt flat covered in giant cacti.
💡 Usually only reachable in the dry season.
Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve
A high-altitude reserve with coloured lagoons such as Laguna Colorada, flamingos and geysers.
💡 Typically visited on a 3-day 4x4 tour; nights are very cold.
Colchani
A village on the edge of the salt flat where salt is processed by hand.
Quinoa dishes
Quinoa soups and sides from the surrounding altiplano, a major quinoa-producing area.
💡 Restaurants in Uyuni town
Llama meat
Grilled llama steaks or stews.
💡 Uyuni restaurants and tour meals
Salteñas
Baked Bolivian pastries filled with juicy stew.
💡 Bakeries and markets, usually in the morning
Api
A hot purple-corn drink spiced with cinnamon and cloves.
💡 Market stalls, mornings
Alpaca and llama wool goods
Sweaters, hats and gloves for the cold altiplano.
💡 Craft stalls in Uyuni and Colchani
Salt carvings
Small figures and items carved from salt blocks.
💡 Colchani