Ciudad de la Paz climate
Ciudad de la Paz is warmest in March, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 20 °C. October is the wettest month (334 mm) and January the driest (136 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Ciudad de la Paz averages 2,665 mm of rain and 346 days above 25 °C.
Equatorial Guinea · 454 m elevation · population 2,000 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month March 29 °C
- Coldest month July 20 °C
- Driest month January 136 mm
- Wettest month October 334 mm
- Least cloud January 85 % cloud
- Hottest on record January 33 °C
- Coldest on record July 17 °C
What to expectCiudad de la Paz through the year
Ciudad de la Paz changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 346 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in January.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 334 mm against 136 mm in January — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3 °C | 136 mm | 85 % |
| February | 28.5 °C | 161 mm | 86 % |
| March | 28.6 °C | 247 mm | 89 % |
| April | 28.4 °C | 262 mm | 89 % |
| May | 28.0 °C | 249 mm | 87 % |
| June | 27.3 °C | 206 mm | 87 % |
| July | 26.7 °C | 156 mm | 90 % |
| August | 26.9 °C | 143 mm | 91 % |
| September | 27.0 °C | 285 mm | 91 % |
| October | 26.9 °C | 334 mm | 91 % |
| November | 27.3 °C | 304 mm | 90 % |
| December | 27.9 °C | 182 mm | 85 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3 °C | 20.2 °C | 23.1 °C | 32.8 °C | 17.3 °C | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| February | 28.5 °C | 20.4 °C | 23.2 °C | 31.6 °C | 18.5 °C | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| March | 28.6 °C | 20.5 °C | 23.3 °C | 32.1 °C | 17.7 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| April | 28.4 °C | 20.6 °C | 23.3 °C | 32.2 °C | 18.6 °C | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| May | 28.0 °C | 20.6 °C | 23.1 °C | 31.3 °C | 17.6 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 27.3 °C | 20.2 °C | 22.5 °C | 30.6 °C | 17.5 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 26.7 °C | 19.7 °C | 22.1 °C | 30.7 °C | 17.1 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 26.9 °C | 19.7 °C | 22.2 °C | 29.8 °C | 17.4 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 27.0 °C | 20.1 °C | 22.3 °C | 30.6 °C | 18.3 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 26.9 °C | 20.2 °C | 22.3 °C | 32.2 °C | 18.5 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 27.3 °C | 19.9 °C | 22.5 °C | 30.2 °C | 18.3 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 27.9 °C | 20.0 °C | 22.8 °C | 31.1 °C | 18.0 °C | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 136 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 85 % | 9.2 km/h |
| February | 161 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 86 % | 9.4 km/h |
| March | 247 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 88 % | 8.9 km/h |
| April | 262 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 89 % | 8.2 km/h |
| May | 249 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 89 % | 7.8 km/h |
| June | 206 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 87 % | 8.3 km/h |
| July | 156 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 90 % | 85 % | 9.0 km/h |
| August | 143 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 91 % | 84 % | 9.9 km/h |
| September | 285 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 91 % | 88 % | 9.7 km/h |
| October | 334 mm | 30 | 12 h/day | 91 % | 90 % | 8.7 km/h |
| November | 304 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 90 % | 90 % | 7.7 km/h |
| December | 182 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 87 % | 8.4 km/h |
How Ciudad de la Paz compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad de la Paz | 29 °C | 20 °C | 2,665 mm | 346 |
| Bata · Equatorial Guinea | 29 °C | 23 °C | 2,689 mm | 361 |
| Libreville · Gabon | 29 °C | 23 °C | 2,591 mm | 364 |
| Yaoundé · Cameroon | 30 °C | 20 °C | 1,664 mm | 337 |
| Douala · Cameroon | 30 °C | 23 °C | 2,930 mm | 356 |
| Malabo · Equatorial Guinea | 29 °C | 24 °C | 2,926 mm | 363 |
| Port-Gentil · Gabon | 29 °C | 22 °C | 2,252 mm | 363 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Ciudad de la Paz’s climate
When is the best time to visit Ciudad de la Paz?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Ciudad de la Paz get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 20 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Ciudad de la Paz?
October, averaging 334 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is January with 136 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,665 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ciudad de la Paz rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.