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La Paz
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

La Paz or Lima?

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 La Paz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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. La Paz 3, Lima 42: Lima leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Lima 88: Lima leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Lima 66: Lima leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Lima 62: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Lima 45: La Paz leads by 37 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Lima 34: La Paz leads by 6 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Lima 42: Lima leads by 32 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Lima 35: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Lima 52: Lima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Lima 70: La Paz leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Lima 53: Lima leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Lima 25: Lima leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Lima.

Your match

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

La Paz
42match

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

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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. La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazLima
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Sol (PEN)
SocketsAC50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5
Emergency number911111 or 911
Elevation3,640 m154 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazLima
City population755,7329,943,800
People per km²1,6013,721
Museums within 10 km2147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.