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La Paz
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Paz or Windhoek?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • families
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Windhoek leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Windhoek 36: La Paz leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Windhoek 30: La Paz leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Windhoek 25: La Paz leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Windhoek 52: La Paz leads by 30 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Windhoek 14: La Paz leads by 26 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 20 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Windhoek 22: La Paz leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Windhoek 30: La Paz leads by 15 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Windhoek 62: La Paz leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Windhoek 18: La Paz leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Windhoek.

Your match

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

La Paz
Best match
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 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. Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazWindhoek
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniEnglish
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAC50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation3,640 m1,650 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazWindhoek
City population755,732486,169
People per km²1,60195
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.