Region · Bolivia
Best time to visit Cochabamba Department
This guide covers 7 destinations in Cochabamba Department, a first-level administrative division of Bolivia. The largest by population are Cochabamba, Sacaba and Quillacollo. Across its destinations, April to November are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Jorge Wilsterman International Airport (CBB).
- Destinations in this guide
- 7
- Comfortable in the most places
- April to November
- Main airport
- CBBJorge Wilsterman International Airport
- Currency
- BOBboliviano
- Time zone
- America/La Paz
Destinations
Destinations in Cochabamba Department
Every destination in this guide in Cochabamba Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochabamba | 632,013 | CBB · 4 km | |
| Sacaba | 172,466 | CBB · 15 km | |
| Quillacollo | 137,182 | CBB · 11 km | |
| Villa Tunari | 71,386 | CBB · 95 km | |
| Tiquipaya | 58,223 | CBB · 10 km | |
| Sipe Sipe | 55,908 | CBB · 22 km | |
| Vinto | 51,968 | CBB · 15 km |
When to go
Best time to visit Cochabamba Department
From the climate of 7 destinations in Cochabamba Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: April to November.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 7 | 19 °C | 140 mm |
| February | 0 of 7 | 19 °C | 133 mm |
| March | 0 of 7 | 19 °C | 87 mm |
| April | 6 of 7 | 20 °C | 22 mm |
| May | 6 of 7 | 19 °C | 5 mm |
| June | 6 of 7 | 18 °C | 3 mm |
| July | 6 of 7 | 18 °C | 5 mm |
| August | 6 of 7 | 19 °C | 11 mm |
| September | 6 of 7 | 20 °C | 15 mm |
| October | 6 of 7 | 21 °C | 32 mm |
| November | 6 of 7 | 21 °C | 44 mm |
| December | 0 of 7 | 20 °C | 105 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Cochabamba Department
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Cochabamba Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CBB · Jorge Wilsterman International Airport
ORU · Juan Mendoza International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Cochabamba Department, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Bolivia
Regional holidays observed in Cochabamba Department
Nearby
Regions near Cochabamba Department
Other regions of Bolivia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.