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Bolivia · 16.49°S 68.12°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

No month in La Paz fits the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon) — it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.

The rainy season runs December to February, and January is a true monsoon — 144 mm5.7 in a month, peaking in January at 144 mm5.7 in. November is the hottest month at 8 °C46 °F and June the coldest at 3 °C37 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -16.49, -68.12 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

La Paz weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

No month fits a Tropical holiday here.

Open La Paz on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
45°JAN1445.745°FEB1124.444°MAR963.843°APR401.640°MAY160.637°JUN80.337°JUL80.339°AUG160.642°SEP401.645°OCT401.646°NOV642.546°DEC1124.4
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within La Paz's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January1445.7745monsoontoo cold
February1124.4745rainytoo cold
March963.8744showerstoo cold
April401.6643drytoo cold
May160.6540drytoo cold
June80.3337drytoo cold
July80.3337drytoo cold
August160.6439drytoo cold
September401.6642drytoo cold
October401.6745drytoo cold
November642.5846showerstoo cold
December1124.4846rainytoo cold

When to go to La Paz, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonFebruary to December
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in La Paz?

Yes. The rainy season runs December to February, and January is a true monsoon — 144 mm5.7 in a month, peaking in January at 144 mm5.7 in. Outside it, April to October is dry.

November is the hottest month at 8 °C46 °F and June the coldest at 3 °C37 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 696 mm27 in.

Where to go instead when La Paz doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months La Paz doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.