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La Paz
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Paz or Ubud?

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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Ubud 15: La Paz leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Ubud 80: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 38 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Ubud 10: La Paz leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 7 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Ubud 80: La Paz leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 84 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Ubud.

Your match

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

La Paz
42match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

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
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La PazUbud

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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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.

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. Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazUbud
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniIndonesian
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAC50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation3,640 m210 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazUbud
City population755,732-
People per km²1,601-
Museums within 10 km2114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. 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.