Puna, Potosí

Place in Potosí Department, Bolivia

19°47′41″S 65°30′21″W / 19.79472°S 65.50583°W / -19.79472; -65.50583Country

BoliviaDepartmentPotosí DepartmentProvinceJosé María Linares ProvinceMunicipalityPuna MunicipalityCantonPuna CantonPopulation

(2012)^[1]

• Total1,525Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Puna is a village and the capital of the José María Linares Province in the Potosí Department of Bolivia.

Climate

Climate data for Puna, elevation 3,420 m (11,220 ft), (1973–2013)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	20.3 (68.5)	19.8 (67.6)	20.2 (68.4)	20.9 (69.6)	21.1 (70.0)	20.3 (68.5)	19.7 (67.5)	20.7 (69.3)	21.3 (70.3)	21.7 (71.1)	21.7 (71.1)	21.4 (70.5)	20.8 (69.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	14.2 (57.6)	13.9 (57.0)	13.4 (56.1)	12.6 (54.7)	10.6 (51.1)	9.2 (48.6)	8.8 (47.8)	10.2 (50.4)	11.9 (53.4)	13.3 (55.9)	14.1 (57.4)	14.6 (58.3)	12.2 (54.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	8.2 (46.8)	8.0 (46.4)	8.0 (46.4)	6.5 (43.7)	4.4 (39.9)	0.1 (32.2)	−1.8 (28.8)	−2.1 (28.2)	−0.2 (31.6)	2.4 (36.3)	4.9 (40.8)	6.5 (43.7)	7.8 (46.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	94.7 (3.73)	83.9 (3.30)	73.1 (2.88)	24.9 (0.98)	2.9 (0.11)	0.6 (0.02)	1.1 (0.04)	4.3 (0.17)	10.5 (0.41)	27.9 (1.10)	35.2 (1.39)	76.8 (3.02)	435.9 (17.15)
Average precipitation days	13.1	11.4	10.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.3	5.0	6.3	10.9	66
Average relative humidity (%)	68.7	69.1	66.6	60.5	49.4	44.7	43.1	47.2	53.6	60.1	62.0	64.5	57.5
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia^[2]^[3]

^ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 at the Wayback Machine (archived July 22, 2011)
^ "Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 12 June 2024.