Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in La Paz: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viacha (23 km away). In March its highs average 13.7°C, about as warm as La Paz, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, La Paz ranks joint 11th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 21.4°C; La Paz is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Viacha in MarchBolivia · 23 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Oruro in MarchBolivia · 198 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Puno in MarchPeru · 213 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MarchBolivia · 222 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MarchBolivia · 233 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 124 mm rain
- Juliaca in MarchPeru · 239 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Sacaba in MarchBolivia · 246 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Tacna in MarchPeru · 280 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 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.