Region · Bolivia
Where to stay in La Paz Department
This guide covers 4 destinations in La Paz Department, a first-level administrative division of Bolivia, with 5 places to stay between them. The largest by population are El Alto, La Paz and Caranavi. Across its destinations, May to September are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is El Alto International Airport (LPB).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Places to stay
- 5
- Comfortable in the most places
- May to September
- Main airport
- LPBEl Alto International Airport
- Currency
- BOBboliviano
- Time zone
- America/La Paz
Destinations
Destinations in La Paz Department
Every destination in this guide in La Paz Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels in La Paz Department
5 hotels in La Paz Department recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit La Paz Department
From the climate of 4 destinations in La Paz Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May to September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 4 | 21 °C | 159 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 21 °C | 153 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | 21 °C | 117 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 22 °C | 60 mm |
| May | 2 of 4 | 21 °C | 25 mm |
| June | 2 of 4 | 20 °C | 16 mm |
| July | 2 of 4 | 20 °C | 17 mm |
| August | 2 of 4 | 20 °C | 33 mm |
| September | 2 of 4 | 22 °C | 48 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 22 °C | 72 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 23 °C | 78 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | 22 °C | 152 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving La Paz Department
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in La Paz Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
Good to know
Public holidays in La Paz Department, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Bolivia
Regional holidays observed in La Paz Department
Nearby
Regions near La Paz Department
Other regions of Bolivia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.