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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
La Paz

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • families
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices

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. Geneva 45, La Paz 3: Geneva leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, La Paz 50: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, La Paz 52: Geneva leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Geneva and La Paz are level on 38.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva and La Paz are level on 82.
Day trips. Geneva 80, La Paz 40: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, La Paz 10: Geneva leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, La Paz 45: Geneva leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, La Paz 45: Geneva leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 87 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, La Paz 35: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, La Paz 12: Geneva leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and La Paz.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGenevaLa Paz
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m3,640 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaLa Paz
City population211,152755,732
People per km²13,2801,601
Museums within 10 km3421
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.