Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in La Paz: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viacha (23 km away). In February its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as La Paz, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, La Paz ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 21.5°C; La Paz is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Viacha in FebruaryBolivia · 23 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Oruro in FebruaryBolivia · 198 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Puno in FebruaryPeru · 213 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Quillacollo in FebruaryBolivia · 222 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Cochabamba in FebruaryBolivia · 233 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Juliaca in FebruaryPeru · 239 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 182 mm rain
- Sacaba in FebruaryBolivia · 246 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Tacna in FebruaryPeru · 280 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 23 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.