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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
La Paz

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Austin or La Paz?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Austin for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’s own page.

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Austin 30, La Paz 3: Austin leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, La Paz 50: Austin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, La Paz 52: La Paz leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, La Paz 38: Austin leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, La Paz 40: Austin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, La Paz 10: Austin leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Austin and La Paz are level on 45.
Affordability. Austin 33, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, La Paz 35: Austin leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, La Paz 12: Austin leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and La Paz.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAustinLa Paz
Official language-Spanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation149 m3,640 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinLa Paz
City population961,855755,732
People per km²1,2171,601
Museums within 10 km2121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.