How warm does The Salar de Uyuni get?

Typical daytime highs in The Salar de Uyuni are Mar–May 16°C (60°F), Jun–Aug 12°C (53°F), Sep–Nov 17°C (63°F), Dec–Feb 18°C (64°F).

Is The Salar de Uyuni expensive?

On the ground, The Salar de Uyuni is budget-friendly.

Latin America & Caribbean / Bolivia

The Salar de Uyuni

Q: What sort of trip is The Salar de Uyuni good for?

The Salar de Uyuni is good for landscape doing the heavy lifting, the once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing, moving about and doing things, sunshine and salt water.

The Salar de Uyuni · Bolivia · Uyuni

Ten thousand square kilometres of salt flat that turns into a perfect mirror after rain, so the horizon disappears and the jeep seems to float.

The best time to visit The Salar de Uyuni is Dec–Apr, for the mirror, when typical daytime highs reach about 18°C (64°F). Local time there is 08:14 (UTC-4).

Best time to go

Dec–Apr, for the mirror

Budget on the ground

$ · budget-friendly

Nearest airport

UYU · Uyuni

Good for

landscape doing the heavy lifting the once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing moving about and doing things sunshine and salt water

In season

January February March April December

The year at a glance

Light0 to 24h High4 to 24°C39 to 75°F Rain0 to 100mm0 to 3.9in

January · high 64°F · rain 3.4in · 13.2h of daylight · in the recommended window

shaded columns are the recommended window

The Salar de Uyuni month by month, the same numbers the figure draws
Month	High °CHigh °F	Rain mmRain in	Light	Notes
January	18°C64°F	86mm3.4in	13.2h13.2h	in the recommended window
February	18°C64°F	62mm2.4in	12.8h12.8h	in the recommended window
March	18°C64°F	31mm1.2in	12.3h12.3h	in the recommended window
April	16°C61°F	1mm0.0in	11.6h11.6h	in the recommended window
May	13°C55°F	0mm0.0in	11.2h11.2h
June	11°C51°F	0mm0.0in	10.9h10.9h
July	12°C53°F	1mm0.0in	11.0h11.0h
August	13°C55°F	1mm0.0in	11.4h11.4h
September	16°C60°F	5mm0.2in	12.0h12.0h
October	18°C64°F	2mm0.1in	12.6h12.6h
November	19°C66°F	11mm0.4in	13.1h13.1h
December	19°C66°F	61mm2.4in	13.4h13.4h	in the recommended window

Good to know

Currency: BOB · boliviano
Language: Spanish, Aymara, Quechua, and more
Plug: A, C
Driving: on the right

United States: Type A at home goes in, so your phone charger is fine; Type B plugs are earthed and do not. 115/230 V there, 120 V at home: check your charger says 100-240 V.

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