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La Paz
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Paz or Yogyakarta?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Yogyakarta 32: La Paz leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Yogyakarta 72: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 38 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Yogyakarta 40: Yogyakarta leads by 30 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Yogyakarta 35: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 7 points.
Affordability. La Paz and Yogyakarta are level on 92.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Yogyakarta.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La PazYogyakarta

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.

Yogyakarta 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. Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureLa PazYogyakarta
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniIndonesian
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAC50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation3,640 m113 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazYogyakarta
City population755,732422,732
People per km²1,60113,007
Museums within 10 km2138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. 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.