Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in La Paz: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viacha (23 km away). In January its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as La Paz, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, La Paz ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 21.8°C; La Paz is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Viacha in JanuaryBolivia · 23 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Oruro in JanuaryBolivia · 198 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 143 mm rain
- Puno in JanuaryPeru · 213 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Quillacollo in JanuaryBolivia · 222 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 187 mm rain
- Cochabamba in JanuaryBolivia · 233 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 187 mm rain
- Juliaca in JanuaryPeru · 239 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Sacaba in JanuaryBolivia · 246 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 230 mm rain
- Tacna in JanuaryPeru · 280 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.9°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.