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Climate guideThirty-year normals for La Paz
La Paz climate by month
Tundra · ETBest May–Jun · Aug
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,051 mm150 wet days a year
16.50° S, 68.15° WElevation 3,782 mUTC−4 · Bolivia Time
When to goLa Paz · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Aug
October: high / low15° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
La Paz has a tundra climate (Köppen ET): a short, cool summer and a long cold season.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 15° and nights 4°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,051 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (226 mm, 24 wet days) and July the driest (15 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 24% in June to 76% in January.
Compared with Sucre, the capital, La Paz is 5.7° cooler on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 15° · November
- Coldest nights
- -1° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 24% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 06 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 09 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° |
| Average low | 5° | 5° | 5° | 3° | 1° | 0° | -1° | 0° | 1° | 3° | 4° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 226 mm | 167 mm | 126 mm | 66 mm | 23 mm | 18 mm | 15 mm | 36 mm | 55 mm | 79 mm | 90 mm | 150 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 23.9 | 21.6 | 18.7 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 21.1 |
| Cloud cover | 76% | 71% | 65% | 48% | 29% | 24% | 24% | 29% | 36% | 49% | 62% | 72% |
| Daylight | 13h 00 | 12h 38 | 12h 12 | 11h 44 | 11h 21 | 11h 09 | 11h 14 | 11h 33 | 12h 00 | 12h 27 | 12h 53 | 13h 06 |
| Month score | 27 | 29 | 31 | 41 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 65 | 58 | 44 | 41 | 31 |
ivMonth by month
La Paz in every month
January27
14° / 5°
226 mm · 23.9 wet days
February29
14° / 5°
167 mm · 21.6 wet days
March31
14° / 5°
126 mm · 18.7 wet days
April41
14° / 3°
66 mm · 11.9 wet days
May61
14° / 1°
23 mm · 6.5 wet days
June61
13° / 0°
18 mm · 4.8 wet days
July61
13° / -1°
15 mm · 4.3 wet days
August65
13° / 0°
36 mm · 4.3 wet days
September58
14° / 1°
55 mm · 7.3 wet days
October44
15° / 3°
79 mm · 12.9 wet days
November41
15° / 4°
90 mm · 12.8 wet days
December31
15° / 5°
150 mm · 21.1 wet days