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La Paz
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

La Paz or Los Angeles?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Los Angeles 80: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 74 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Los Angeles 25: La Paz leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 35 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Los Angeles 24: La Paz leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on families and beaches 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazLos Angeles
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani-
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAC50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3,640 m106 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazLos Angeles
City population755,7323,898,747
People per km²1,6012,994
Museums within 10 km2139
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.