Santiago de Machaca

Town in La Paz Department, Bolivia

17°04′S 69°12′W / 17.067°S 69.200°W / -17.067; -69.200Country

BoliviaDepartmentLa Paz DepartmentProvinceJosé Manuel Pando ProvinceMunicipalitySantiago de Machaca MunicipalityPopulation

(2001)^[1]

• Total819Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Santiago de Machaca is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Santiago de Machaca Municipality, the first municipal section of the José Manuel Pando Province, and it is also the seat of the province.

Climate

Climate data for Santiago de Machaca, elevation 3,980 m (13,060 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	17.9 (64.2)	17.5 (63.5)	17.4 (63.3)	17.0 (62.6)	16.4 (61.5)	15.1 (59.2)	15.3 (59.5)	16.9 (62.4)	17.7 (63.9)	19.1 (66.4)	19.7 (67.5)	19.3 (66.7)	17.4 (63.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	10.6 (51.1)	9.9 (49.8)	9.8 (49.6)	7.6 (45.7)	5.5 (41.9)	3.7 (38.7)	3.1 (37.6)	5.0 (41.0)	6.4 (43.5)	8.4 (47.1)	9.7 (49.5)	10.6 (51.1)	7.5 (45.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.4 (38.1)	2.4 (36.3)	2.3 (36.1)	−1.9 (28.6)	−5.3 (22.5)	−7.7 (18.1)	−8.7 (16.3)	−6.9 (19.6)	−5.0 (23.0)	−2.3 (27.9)	−0.9 (30.4)	1.5 (34.7)	−2.4 (27.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	131 (5.2)	116 (4.6)	83 (3.3)	20 (0.8)	1 (0.0)	4 (0.2)	1 (0.0)	3 (0.1)	9 (0.4)	8 (0.3)	37 (1.5)	65 (2.6)	478 (19)
Average relative humidity (%)	58	58	61	55	53	50	50	46	46	48	46	51	52
Source: Plataforma digital única del Estado Peruano^[2]

^ www.ine.gov.bo Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine - National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (in Spanish)
^ "PLAN DIRECTOR GLOBAL BINACIONAL DE PROTECCION - PREVENCION DE INUNDACIONES V APROVECHAMIENTO DE LOS RECURSOS DEL LAGO TITICACA, RIO DESAGUADERO, LAGO POOPO V LAGO SALAR E COIPASA (SISTEMA T.D.P.S.) ESTUDIO DE CLIMATOLOGIA" (PDF). The European Commission (EC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.