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La Paz
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Paz or Xi'an?

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

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • day trips
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Xi'an leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Xi'an 62: La Paz leads by 20 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 40 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 38 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 5 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Xi'an 80: La Paz leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Xi'an.

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.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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. Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazXi'an
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniPutonghua
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAC50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation3,640 m405 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazXi'an
City population755,73212,952,907
People per km²1,6011,283
Museums within 10 km219
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.