Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz weather
in July.
A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in La Paz: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viacha (23 km away). In July its highs average 13.5°C, about as warm as La Paz, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, La Paz ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest July highs and joint 7th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 19.9°C; La Paz is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Viacha in JulyBolivia · 23 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Oruro in JulyBolivia · 198 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Puno in JulyPeru · 213 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Quillacollo in JulyBolivia · 222 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Cochabamba in JulyBolivia · 233 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Juliaca in JulyPeru · 239 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Sacaba in JulyBolivia · 246 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Tacna in JulyPeru · 280 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 3.9 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.