Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in La Paz: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viacha (23 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as La Paz, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, La Paz ranks joint 13th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 22.5°C; La Paz is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 132 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Viacha in DecemberBolivia · 23 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Oruro in DecemberBolivia · 198 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Puno in DecemberPeru · 213 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 156 mm rain
- Quillacollo in DecemberBolivia · 222 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Cochabamba in DecemberBolivia · 233 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Juliaca in DecemberPeru · 239 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Sacaba in DecemberBolivia · 246 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Tacna in DecemberPeru · 280 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 5.6 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.