La Paz climate

Name: La Paz
Address: MX

La Paz is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. September is the wettest month (92 mm) and April the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year La Paz averages 225 mm of rain and 294 days above 25 °C.

Mexico · population 250,141 · 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 July 35 °C
Coldest month January 15 °C
Driest month April 0 mm
Wettest month September 92 mm
Least cloud June 15 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record February 9.1 °C
Warmest sea September 29 °C

What to expectLa Paz through the year

La Paz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 294 days a year reach 25 °C, 193 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 92 mm against 0 mm in April — 319 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off La Paz is warmest in September at 29 °C and coldest in February at 21 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.7 °C	8 mm	41 %
February	24.8 °C	7 mm	39 %
March	27.2 °C	1 mm	34 %
April	29.6 °C	under 1 mm	36 %
May	32.1 °C	1 mm	23 %
June	33.9 °C	4 mm	15 %
July	34.8 °C	23 mm	43 %
August	34.7 °C	52 mm	51 %
September	33.1 °C	92 mm	42 %
October	32.0 °C	17 mm	24 %
November	28.0 °C	12 mm	32 %
December	24.0 °C	9 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.7 °C	15.0 °C	18.9 °C	29.9 °C	9.7 °C	9	0
February	24.8 °C	15.2 °C	19.6 °C	33.0 °C	9.1 °C	13	1
March	27.2 °C	15.9 °C	21.3 °C	34.5 °C	11.2 °C	24	5
April	29.6 °C	17.1 °C	23.2 °C	37.5 °C	12.0 °C	29	14
May	32.1 °C	18.6 °C	25.3 °C	37.6 °C	13.3 °C	31	26
June	33.9 °C	21.5 °C	27.5 °C	40.1 °C	14.8 °C	30	29
July	34.8 °C	24.8 °C	29.5 °C	39.9 °C	19.2 °C	31	30
August	34.7 °C	25.9 °C	30.0 °C	39.6 °C	22.3 °C	31	30
September	33.1 °C	25.3 °C	28.9 °C	38.7 °C	19.2 °C	30	27
October	32.0 °C	22.9 °C	27.2 °C	38.5 °C	16.0 °C	31	24
November	28.0 °C	19.4 °C	23.5 °C	34.9 °C	13.3 °C	26	7
December	24.0 °C	16.2 °C	19.7 °C	29.6 °C	9.3 °C	10	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	8 mm	1	11 h/day	41 %	67 %	18 km/h	21.0 °C
February	7 mm	1	11 h/day	39 %	61 %	18 km/h	20.6 °C
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	54 %	17 km/h	21.0 °C
April	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	36 %	50 %	16 km/h	21.9 °C
May	1 mm	0	13 h/day	23 %	48 %	16 km/h	23.4 °C
June	4 mm	1	14 h/day	15 %	50 %	16 km/h	24.6 °C
July	23 mm	4	13 h/day	43 %	56 %	15 km/h	27.0 °C
August	52 mm	9	13 h/day	51 %	62 %	14 km/h	28.8 °C
September	92 mm	9	12 h/day	42 %	70 %	14 km/h	29.1 °C
October	17 mm	3	12 h/day	24 %	63 %	15 km/h	28.7 °C
November	12 mm	1	11 h/day	32 %	66 %	17 km/h	26.4 °C
December	9 mm	1	11 h/day	45 %	69 %	18 km/h	23.3 °C

How 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
La Paz	35 °C	15 °C	225 mm	294
Cabo San Lucas · Mexico	31 °C	18 °C	280 mm	306
Los Mochis · Mexico	35 °C	13 °C	339 mm	329
Culiacán · Mexico	36 °C	13 °C	649 mm	351
Ciudad Obregón · Mexico	38 °C	11 °C	337 mm	326
Mazatlán · Mexico	31 °C	16 °C	785 mm	328
Victoria de Durango · Mexico	30 °C	4.1 °C	492 mm	172

Where La Paz ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in North America in April	1st of 50	0.3 mm
The driest places in North America in March	1st of 50	1.1 mm
Best beach destinations in the world in November	2nd of 50	100/100
The driest places in North America in May	4th of 50	0.5 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in January	6th of 50	96/100
The warmest places in North America in October	7th of 50	32 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit La Paz.

QuestionsCommon questions about La Paz’s climate

When is the best time to visit La Paz?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does La Paz get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 193 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in La Paz?

September, averaging 92 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is April with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 225 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 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
Data point: 24.142°, -110.313° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.