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La Paz
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

La Paz or Ushuaia?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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 and Ushuaia are level on 3.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Ushuaia 40: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Ushuaia 22: La Paz leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Ushuaia 18: La Paz leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 6 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Ushuaia 14: La Paz leads by 26 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 30 points.
Getting around. La Paz and Ushuaia are level on 45.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Ushuaia 22: La Paz leads by 23 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Ushuaia 42: La Paz leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Ushuaia 10: La Paz leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Ushuaia 26: Ushuaia leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

La Paz
Best match
42match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

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
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 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. Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazUshuaia
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniSpanish
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAC50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation3,640 m23 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazUshuaia
City population755,73282,615
People per km²1,6013,592
Museums within 10 km215
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. 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.