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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
La Paz

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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. Faro 74, La Paz 3: Faro leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, La Paz 52: La Paz leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, La Paz 40: Faro leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, La Paz 10: Faro leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, La Paz 45: Faro leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, La Paz 35: La Paz leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, La Paz 12: Faro leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and La Paz.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 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

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. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureFaroLa Paz
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m3,640 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroLa Paz
City population64,560755,732
People per km²3191,601
Museums within 10 km221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.