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Triplandio Uyuni guide covers 3 travel guides across 6 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 12 self-guided walking tours in Uyuni with 37 POI, spanning 49.2 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Uyuni
City & Country Data Bolivia (Uyuni)
Key travel data for Uyuni — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Bolivia
Tourists
323.3K/y
GDP/cap
$5.1k
Life Exp
68.7 yrs
Population
12.6M
Currency
BOB Bs.
Language
Spanish
Payments
Cash only
Emergency
118
💰 Prices in Uyuni
Coffee
$1.50
Beer
$1.50
Lunch
$5.00
Groceries
$15.00/w
Taxi/km
$0.50
Transit
$0.50
Fuel
$1.20/l
Internet
$30.00/m
Salary
$300/m
Best time to visit Uyuni (Bolivia)
Now (July) avg: 4°C, mostly dry, moderate crowds. Best months to walk: Oct & Sep.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
12°C / -3°C
Sunrise / Sunset
7:04 / 18:03
Local time
3:11
Best Months 
Oct & Sep
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
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Local Flavours of Uyuni —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Sweet, thick beverage made from purple corn. Fried llama meat with crispy texture and rich flavor. Hearty vegetable soup enriched with quinoa. Baked pastry filled with savory meat and vegetables. Sweet deep-fried pastry, typically dusted with sugar.
Traditional Local Food
Uyuni (Bolivia)
Drink
Vegan
Api Morado
AH-pee moh-rah-DOH
· Warm purple corn drink
Main course
Meat
Llama Chicharrón
Chicharrón de llama
YAH-mah chee-chah-RON
· Crispy fried llama
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Soup
Vegetarian
Quinoa Soup
Sopa de Quinua
KEEN-wah SOOP
· Nourishing quinoa and vegetable soup
Snack
Meat
Salteñas de Uyuni
Sal-TEH-nyas de Oo-YOO-ni
· Uyuni meat pastries
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Dessert
Vegetarian
Tawa Tawas
TAH-wah TAH-wahs
· Fried dough pastries
