Bolivia in May

Dry season starts; Gran Poder festival in La Paz (May or June, check).

• Altiplano and La Paz · La Paz, Lake Titicaca, Orurobest weather

  Dry, sunny and freezing at night May–Sep; afternoon rain and hail Dec–Mar.

• Uyuni and the southwest · Salar de Uyuni, Eduardo Avaroa reservebest weather

  Mirror effect in the rains (roughly Jan–Mar) but some routes flood; Jun–Aug nights reach −20 °C at the lagoons.

• Valleys · Sucre, Cochabamba, Tarija, Samaipatabest weather

  Mild all year (Sucre about 2,800 m); summer rains Dec–Feb.

• Lowlands and Amazon · Santa Cruz, Rurrenabaque, Madidifine

  Hot and humid; floods Dec–Mar; smoke from forest burning in Aug–Sep some years.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Labour Day

  1 May

  Marches.

• Gran Poder, La Paz

  May or Jun (check)

  Huge folk-dance parade; streets closed.

• Corpus Christi

  May or Jun (check)

  Public holiday.

Crowds · Bolivia

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Prices · Bolivia

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Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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Rated best or good this month

• Altiplano and La Paz

  Best weather of the year (La Paz, Lake Titicaca, Oruro)

• Uyuni and the southwest

  Best weather of the year (Salar de Uyuni, Eduardo Avaroa reserve)

• Valleys

  Best weather of the year (Sucre, Cochabamba, Tarija, Samaipata)

• La Paz

  Dry, sunny days, cold nights.