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La Paz
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Paz or Salt Lake 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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • families
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Salt Lake City 40: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Salt Lake City 42: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Salt Lake City 30: La Paz leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Salt Lake City 34: La Paz leads by 6 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 62 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Salt Lake City 42: La Paz leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Salt Lake City 36: La Paz leads by 9 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Salt Lake City 40: La Paz leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

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
11 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 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. Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazSalt Lake City
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani-
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAC50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3,640 m1,288 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazSalt Lake City
City population755,732199,723
People per km²1,601690
Museums within 10 km2112
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. 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.