La Paz
City in Bolivia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
La Paz-center: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
La Paz is a city in Bolivia, in La Paz Department. About 2.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Bolivia in our atlas.
It lies at 16.50° S, 68.15° W, about 3,782 m (12,408 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/La_Paz time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: La Paz. Green dots: other major cities of Bolivia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
La Paz has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 16°C (61°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about -2°C (28°F). Around 647 mm (25 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in BoliviaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Oruro · 198 km
- Quillacollo · 222 km
- Cochabamba · 233 km
- Sacaba · 246 km
- Sucre · 417 km
- Potosí · 427 km
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra · 548 km
- Tarija · 667 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3911925 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1491 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- La Paz-center: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palacio Quemado y Plaza Murillo (2): Elemaki, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Axe Head with Animal Decoration: A. Davey, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo Antonio Paredes Candia: Saray Vargas 1312, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo nacional de arte - Bolivia: Mx._Granger, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Triplets bridge: Usbridges, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Coca museum: Micah MacAllen from Travel Bums, Latin America, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 20170812 Bolivia 1772 La Paz sRGB (37926540966): Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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