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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
La Paz

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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. Bath 10, La Paz 3: Bath leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, La Paz 52: Bath leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, La Paz 40: Bath leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, La Paz 10: Bath leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, La Paz 45: Bath leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, La Paz 45: Bath leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, La Paz 35: Bath leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, La Paz 12: Bath leads by 66 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and La Paz.

Your match

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

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

La Paz in July

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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBathLa Paz
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation132 m3,640 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathLa Paz
City population94,092755,732
People per km²3,2451,601
Museums within 10 km1721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.