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La Paz
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

La Paz or Macau?

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

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

Choose Macau for

  • families
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Macau leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Macau 77: Macau leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Macau 62: Macau leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Macau 40: Macau leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Macau 5: La Paz leads by 77 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Macau 52: Macau leads by 12 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Macau 48: Macau leads by 38 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Macau 60: Macau leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Macau 58: Macau leads by 13 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Macau 44: La Paz leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Macau 36: Macau leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Macau 40: Macau 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 Macau.

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.

Macau
Best match
46match

Wins on families and wellness 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazMacau
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsAC50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation3,640 m22 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazMacau
City population755,732682,100
People per km²1,6015,916
Museums within 10 km2128
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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.