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La Paz
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Paz or Scottsdale?

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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Scottsdale 46: La Paz leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Scottsdale 38: La Paz leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Scottsdale 68: La Paz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Scottsdale 50: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 50 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Scottsdale 20: La Paz leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 15 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Scottsdale 32: La Paz leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Scottsdale
Best match
46match

Wins on wellness 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
11 hdaylight a day

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
14 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. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazScottsdale
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani-
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAC50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation3,640 m380 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazScottsdale
City population755,732241,361
People per km²1,601-
Museums within 10 km2110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.