Climate averages 1991–2020
La Paz weather
in May.
A cool, fairly dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in La Paz: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Viacha (23 km away). In May its highs average 14.1°C, about as warm as La Paz, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Bolivia, La Paz ranks joint 13th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 20.3°C; La Paz is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Viacha in MayBolivia · 23 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Oruro in MayBolivia · 198 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Puno in MayPeru · 213 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 0.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Quillacollo in MayBolivia · 222 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Cochabamba in MayBolivia · 233 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Juliaca in MayPeru · 239 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low -0.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Sacaba in MayBolivia · 246 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Tacna in MayPeru · 280 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.1 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.