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La Paz
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
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Photos: Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Paz or Sao Paulo?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Sao Paulo 48: La Paz leads by 34 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Sao Paulo 47: Sao Paulo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 42 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Sao Paulo 44: La Paz leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 25 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Sao Paulo 62: La Paz leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Sao Paulo 25: Sao Paulo 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 Sao Paulo.

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.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and families 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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La PazSao Paulo

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. Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazSao Paulo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniPortuguese
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAC50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation3,640 m760 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazSao Paulo
City population755,73211,451,999
People per km²1,6017,519
Museums within 10 km2190
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.