La Paz Department · Bolivia
El Alto travel guide
El Alto is a city in La Paz Department, Bolivia, home to about 885,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- LPB3 km · El Alto International Airport
- Currency
- BOBboliviano
- Time zone
- America/La Paz
- Language
- Aymara, Guarani, Quechua
About
About El Alto
El Alto (Spanish for "The High One", Aymara: Patamarka) is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimated population of 943,558 in 2020.
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When to go
The best time to visit El Alto
El Alto has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. November is the warmest month, with average highs of 17 °C; January is the wettest, with about 126 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to El Alto: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is El Alto International Airport (LPB), about 2.8 km from the city centre in a straight line.
LPB · El Alto International Airport
Questions
El Alto: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit El Alto?
El Alto has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. November is the warmest month, with average highs of 17 °C; January is the wettest, with about 126 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to El Alto?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is El Alto International Airport (LPB), about 2.8 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in El Alto?
boliviano (BOB).
Nearby
Destinations near El Alto
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.