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La Paz
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

La Paz or Rotterdam?

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 Rotterdam for

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Rotterdam leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Rotterdam 44: La Paz leads by 38 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 45 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 56 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Rotterdam 55: Rotterdam leads by 10 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Rotterdam 38: La Paz leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Rotterdam 42: Rotterdam leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Rotterdam.

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.

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on families and day trips 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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

Rotterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazRotterdam
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniDutch
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAC50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3,640 m10 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazRotterdam
City population755,732664,311
People per km²1,6012,080
Museums within 10 km2140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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.