Bolivia
Uyuni in January
🌤️ Cool seasonPleasant and some showers.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings
Why January scores 9.0What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort8.8
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (21°C highs / 6°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 2°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~79 mm rain)
- Air quality10.0
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~3 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline6.0
- ·Increased caution
| Jan | Feb | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.0 Excellent | 9.2 Excellent |
| Season | 🌤️ Cool season | 🌤️ Cool season |
| High / low | 21° / 6° | 20° / 5° |
| Rain | 79 mm | 38 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 2° | dew pt 3° |
| PM2.5 | 3 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 & crowdsJanuary 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- New Year 1–3 Jan · 3 days off in a row
- Plurinational State Foundation Day 22–24 Jan · 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.
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
Coming up later
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
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
Airport transfer Kiwitaxi
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