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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
La Paz

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Izmir 62, La Paz 3: Izmir leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, La Paz 50: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, La Paz 52: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, La Paz 38: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, La Paz 40: Izmir leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, La Paz 10: Izmir leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, La Paz 45: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, La Paz 45: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, La Paz 35: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, La Paz 12: Izmir leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and La Paz.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches 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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureIzmirLa Paz
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m3,640 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirLa Paz
City population4,493,242755,732
People per km²4,7601,601
Museums within 10 km2921
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.