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La Paz
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

La Paz or Mexico City?

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 Mexico City for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Mexico City leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Mexico City 50: La Paz leads by 32 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 35 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 31 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Mexico City 75: La Paz leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Mexico City 40: Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

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.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on families and nightlife 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La PazMexico City

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. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazMexico City
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAC50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation3,640 m2,240 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazMexico City
City population755,7329,209,944
People per km²1,6016,202
Museums within 10 km21108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16

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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.