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La Paz
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

La Paz or London?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, London 84: London leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, London 94: London leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, London 88: London leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, London 57: La Paz leads by 25 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, London 90: London leads by 50 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, London 82: London leads by 72 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, London 85: London leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, London 95: London leads by 50 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, London 15: La Paz leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, London 98: London leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, London 40: London leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and London.

Your match

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

La Paz
42match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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
11 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazLondon
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniEnglish
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAC50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation3,640 m4 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazLondon
City population755,7328,799,728
People per km²1,6015,598
Museums within 10 km21216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.