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La Paz
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Paz or Nairobi?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Nairobi 48: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Nairobi 35: La Paz leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Nairobi 28: La Paz leads by 12 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 45 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Nairobi 20: La Paz leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz and Nairobi are level on 45.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Nairobi 60: La Paz leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz and Nairobi are level on 35.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Nairobi 25: Nairobi 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 Nairobi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La PazNairobi

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. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazNairobi
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAC50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation3,640 m1,661 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazNairobi
City population755,7325,545,000
People per km²1,6017,967
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.