Region · Bolivia
Best time to visit Tarija Department
This guide covers 3 destinations in Tarija Department, a first-level administrative division of Bolivia. The largest by population are Tarija, Yacuíba and Yacuiba. Across its destinations, May to August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (TJA).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Comfortable in the most places
- May to August
- Main airport
- TJACapitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
- Currency
- BOBboliviano
- Time zone
- America/La Paz
Destinations
Destinations in Tarija Department
Every destination in this guide in Tarija 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.
When to go
Best time to visit Tarija Department
From the climate of 3 destinations in Tarija 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: May to August.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 170 mm |
| February | 0 of 3 | 32 °C | 145 mm |
| March | 0 of 3 | 30 °C | 149 mm |
| April | 2 of 3 | 27 °C | 79 mm |
| May | 3 of 3 | 25 °C | 26 mm |
| June | 3 of 3 | 22 °C | 9 mm |
| July | 3 of 3 | 24 °C | 5 mm |
| August | 3 of 3 | 27 °C | 4 mm |
| September | 1 of 3 | 30 °C | 11 mm |
| October | 1 of 3 | 32 °C | 45 mm |
| November | 1 of 3 | 32 °C | 86 mm |
| December | 0 of 3 | 33 °C | 131 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 Tarija Department
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Tarija 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.
TJA · Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Tarija 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 Tarija Department
Nearby
Regions near Tarija 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.