Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in La Paz: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viacha (23 km away). In April its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as La Paz, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, La Paz ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 21.1°C; La Paz is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
La Paz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 132 | 26.4 | 13.013 h |
| February | 14.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 116 | 23.4 | 12.613 h |
| March | 14.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 89 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 13.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 43 | 13.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 14.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 16 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| June | 13.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 11 | 3.6 | 11.211 h |
| July | 13.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 14 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| August | 13.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 21 | 6.9 | 11.612 h |
| September | 14.3°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 36 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 15.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 55 | 16.1 | 12.512 h |
| November | 15.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 57 | 16.2 | 12.913 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 112 | 22.8 | 13.113 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Viacha in AprilBolivia · 23 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Oruro in AprilBolivia · 198 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Puno in AprilPeru · 213 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Quillacollo in AprilBolivia · 222 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Cochabamba in AprilBolivia · 233 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Juliaca in AprilPeru · 239 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Sacaba in AprilBolivia · 246 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Tacna in AprilPeru · 280 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.9 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for La Paz) is explained once on the La Paz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.