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La Paz
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Paz or Riga?

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 Riga for

  • families
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Riga’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, Riga 40: Riga leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Riga 52: Riga leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Riga 66: Riga leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Riga 52: Riga leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Riga 55: La Paz leads by 27 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Riga 60: Riga leads by 20 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Riga 50: Riga leads by 40 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Riga 68: Riga leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz and Riga are level on 45.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Riga 62: La Paz leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Riga 65: Riga leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Riga 50: Riga leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Riga.

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.

Riga
Best match
55match

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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
18 °Csea
17 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. Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazRiga
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniLatvian
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAC50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3,640 m6 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazRiga
City population755,732588,911
People per km²1,601-
Museums within 10 km2112
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.