La Paz climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of La Paz?

La Paz has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,177 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Paz?

The hottest day measured in La Paz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1943, reaching 40.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in La Paz?

The coldest day measured in La Paz between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1976, at -3.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in La Paz?

Almost never: La Paz sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of La Paz warmed?

Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in La Paz.

Q: What is the wettest day in La Paz?

The wettest day measured in La Paz between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1951, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in La Paz?

The windiest day measured in La Paz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1982, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in La Paz?

The warmest month in La Paz is January (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in La Paz?

La Paz receives on average 1,177 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in La Paz?

La Paz gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

La Paz (Argentina) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,177 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is January (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

La Paz averages 1 frost days, 76 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.

No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for La Paz between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 17 January 1943) and the coldest -3.5 °C (on 10 July 1976).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

La PazEntre Rios

coords: -30.74°, -59.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.3°C

Average daily high

24.5°C

Average daily low

14.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,177mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

16.9km/h

Seasonal range

13.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

76 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

91 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.4 °C

Average feels-like low

14.1 °C

Average peak gust

33.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

75 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

No clear trend over this period

Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.6 °C

17 January 1943

Coldest day

-3.5 °C

10 July 1976

Wettest day

144 mm

21 November 1951

Windiest day

50.6 km/h

17 October 1982

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

17 October 1982

Hottest feels-like

47.1 °C

12 January 1973

Coldest feels-like

-6.9 °C

11 July 2007

Sunniest day

14.0 h

22 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.9 °C10 February 2025	-1.7 °C2 July 2025	19.9 °C	1,041 mm	109	4
2024	38.8 °C3 February 2024	-2.8 °C12 July 2024	19.8 °C	1,071 mm	85	4
2023	40.6 °C20 January 2023	0.9 °C14 June 2023	20.8 °C	1,012 mm	109	0
2022	40.4 °C13 January 2022	-0.7 °C19 August 2022	19.0 °C	636 mm	85	1
2021	37.9 °C21 December 2021	-1.0 °C30 June 2021	19.5 °C	740 mm	99	5
2020	39.0 °C24 November 2020	-1.2 °C21 August 2020	19.4 °C	682 mm	90	2
2019	37.4 °C2 January 2019	-1.8 °C6 July 2019	19.2 °C	1,459 mm	64	1
2018	36.8 °C3 February 2018	-0.2 °C15 June 2018	19.6 °C	999 mm	101	1
2017	37.8 °C16 December 2017	-0.8 °C18 July 2017	19.8 °C	1,430 mm	71	1
2016	37.3 °C23 January 2016	1.2 °C12 June 2016	18.9 °C	1,369 mm	79	0
2015	35.2 °C6 January 2015	-0.3 °C19 June 2015	19.8 °C	1,287 mm	71	1
2014	38.9 °C7 January 2014	0.6 °C27 August 2014	19.7 °C	1,480 mm	67	0
2013	40.5 °C30 December 2013	-2.6 °C14 August 2013	19.6 °C	991 mm	97	3
2012	38.9 °C10 January 2012	-2.6 °C7 June 2012	19.9 °C	1,264 mm	91	3
2011	38.4 °C16 January 2011	-0.9 °C27 June 2011	19.0 °C	1,048 mm	77	4
2010	36.1 °C7 February 2010	-0.3 °C16 July 2010	18.9 °C	1,099 mm	79	2
2009	38.7 °C2 November 2009	-1.6 °C24 July 2009	19.6 °C	1,161 mm	95	3
2008	39.1 °C8 December 2008	-0.8 °C30 May 2008	19.8 °C	584 mm	108	2
2007	36.2 °C25 February 2007	-3.2 °C11 July 2007	18.6 °C	1,089 mm	82	2
2006	39.3 °C10 January 2006	1.0 °C31 July 2006	20.1 °C	962 mm	104	0
2005	38.3 °C7 January 2005	0.2 °C19 July 2005	19.0 °C	1,368 mm	70	0
2004	38.4 °C4 September 2004	-1.3 °C11 July 2004	19.5 °C	863 mm	89	2
2003	37.4 °C31 January 2003	0.0 °C11 July 2003	19.1 °C	1,415 mm	71	0
2002	37.2 °C27 February 2002	0.2 °C13 June 2002	19.3 °C	1,816 mm	70	0
2001	36.8 °C6 January 2001	-0.2 °C28 July 2001	19.7 °C	1,461 mm	80	1
2000	36.8 °C7 January 2000	-1.8 °C13 July 2000	18.7 °C	1,380 mm	72	3
1999	37.5 °C7 March 1999	-1.4 °C15 August 1999	19.0 °C	1,112 mm	86	2
1998	36.0 °C27 December 1998	2.8 °C25 June 1998	18.7 °C	1,611 mm	45	0
1997	37.9 °C7 January 1997	0.4 °C28 June 1997	20.4 °C	1,060 mm	94	0
1996	39.0 °C30 December 1996	-0.6 °C29 June 1996	19.5 °C	1,052 mm	87	1
1995	38.5 °C16 December 1995	-0.6 °C5 August 1995	18.9 °C	888 mm	73	2
1994	37.0 °C20 January 1994	0.5 °C10 July 1994	19.6 °C	1,031 mm	82	0
1993	36.4 °C11 October 1993	-0.2 °C14 July 1993	18.8 °C	1,396 mm	68	2
1992	36.1 °C8 February 1992	-0.8 °C16 July 1992	18.6 °C	1,327 mm	68	3
1991	36.5 °C20 January 1991	-0.8 °C2 August 1991	19.1 °C	1,440 mm	64	4
1990	38.2 °C27 January 1990	-0.9 °C22 July 1990	18.9 °C	1,630 mm	49	2
1989	37.9 °C2 January 1989	-1.0 °C3 July 1989	19.3 °C	981 mm	90	1
1988	38.7 °C4 January 1988	-2.4 °C11 July 1988	18.5 °C	1,194 mm	83	6
1987	38.7 °C25 February 1987	-0.6 °C14 June 1987	18.9 °C	1,172 mm	72	1
1986	38.4 °C25 January 1986	0.6 °C18 August 1986	19.7 °C	1,675 mm	67	0
1985	37.0 °C17 December 1985	0.8 °C11 July 1985	19.5 °C	1,219 mm	83	0
1984	36.1 °C5 January 1984	-0.1 °C27 June 1984	18.6 °C	1,334 mm	55	1
1983	37.4 °C27 December 1983	1.5 °C8 September 1983	18.6 °C	1,396 mm	72	0
1982	36.9 °C30 December 1982	1.3 °C29 June 1982	19.4 °C	1,329 mm	67	0
1981	35.0 °C30 October 1981	-0.9 °C18 June 1981	19.2 °C	1,256 mm	64	1
1980	38.8 °C22 January 1980	-2.2 °C2 July 1980	19.6 °C	1,285 mm	100	3
1979	37.7 °C4 February 1979	-0.2 °C14 June 1979	18.8 °C	970 mm	65	1
1978	36.2 °C1 December 1978	-0.5 °C9 June 1978	18.8 °C	1,285 mm	62	1
1977	35.5 °C18 November 1977	0.7 °C25 June 1977	19.1 °C	1,425 mm	76	0
1976	35.4 °C9 January 1976	-3.5 °C10 July 1976	18.4 °C	1,067 mm	59	1
1975	38.5 °C14 February 1975	-1.3 °C26 July 1975	18.6 °C	1,135 mm	65	2
1974	36.0 °C2 January 1974	-0.6 °C13 June 1974	18.5 °C	1,197 mm	45	1
1973	40.1 °C12 January 1973	-0.3 °C18 July 1973	18.6 °C	1,479 mm	52	1
1972	37.1 °C11 January 1972	-0.3 °C4 August 1972	18.8 °C	1,274 mm	64	1
1971	39.9 °C20 December 1971	-1.9 °C16 June 1971	18.7 °C	1,152 mm	72	1
1970	36.6 °C2 January 1970	-0.4 °C2 July 1970	19.1 °C	1,405 mm	84	1
1969	36.1 °C26 October 1969	-2.0 °C18 June 1969	19.3 °C	1,203 mm	80	2
1968	40.3 °C11 December 1968	1.6 °C17 May 1968	19.0 °C	1,615 mm	74	0
1967	38.6 °C27 December 1967	-2.3 °C14 June 1967	19.4 °C	1,632 mm	83	2
1966	36.1 °C3 November 1966	-0.1 °C5 August 1966	18.8 °C	1,062 mm	56	1
1965	37.5 °C26 January 1965	-1.5 °C11 July 1965	19.1 °C	965 mm	83	1
1964	37.6 °C25 January 1964	0.4 °C2 August 1964	18.4 °C	953 mm	58	0
1963	40.2 °C2 January 1963	0.8 °C21 June 1963	19.2 °C	1,453 mm	63	0
1962	39.0 °C23 December 1962	-1.1 °C25 July 1962	18.9 °C	527 mm	104	2
1961	37.0 °C20 January 1961	-1.2 °C14 June 1961	19.3 °C	822 mm	71	3
1960	36.6 °C24 February 1960	-1.9 °C8 July 1960	19.0 °C	961 mm	80	2
1959	35.2 °C4 February 1959	2.6 °C23 June 1959	18.8 °C	1,474 mm	59	0
1958	38.5 °C13 February 1958	1.9 °C26 May 1958	19.0 °C	1,092 mm	52	0
1957	37.3 °C3 January 1957	-0.3 °C21 July 1957	19.2 °C	1,269 mm	79	2
1956	37.5 °C27 December 1956	3.3 °C15 May 1956	18.8 °C	1,346 mm	49	0
1955	38.6 °C17 January 1955	0.3 °C30 July 1955	18.9 °C	1,245 mm	60	0
1954	36.8 °C27 December 1954	3.6 °C7 August 1954	19.2 °C	1,057 mm	67	0
1953	37.1 °C4 January 1953	3.0 °C19 July 1953	19.8 °C	1,261 mm	54	0
1952	37.9 °C27 December 1952	2.5 °C30 June 1952	19.6 °C	1,038 mm	81	0
1951	35.8 °C15 January 1951	3.1 °C27 June 1951	19.9 °C	1,533 mm	56	0
1950	37.7 °C29 January 1950	1.5 °C31 July 1950	19.7 °C	840 mm	91	0
1949	37.3 °C25 February 1949	1.8 °C15 August 1949	19.5 °C	986 mm	80	0
1948	36.8 °C18 February 1948	2.4 °C28 July 1948	19.6 °C	1,244 mm	59	0
1947	38.8 °C23 January 1947	2.0 °C9 July 1947	20.1 °C	856 mm	87	0
1946	40.0 °C18 January 1946	2.6 °C21 July 1946	19.8 °C	1,078 mm	77	0
1945	39.1 °C21 December 1945	-0.6 °C23 June 1945	20.7 °C	624 mm	120	1
1944	37.3 °C22 December 1944	0.8 °C7 July 1944	20.3 °C	1,539 mm	75	0
1943	40.6 °C17 January 1943	2.6 °C6 July 1943	21.2 °C	833 mm	119	0
1942	35.4 °C9 December 1942	0.3 °C19 June 1942	19.1 °C	859 mm	70	0
1941	36.9 °C16 February 1941	2.6 °C18 July 1941	19.5 °C	1,045 mm	68	0
1940	34.8 °C9 March 1940	2.1 °C2 August 1940	19.2 °C	1,300 mm	72	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.7 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

109 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

4 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1041 mm

-136 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.6 °C	+2.4 °C	48 mm	-77 mm
Feb	34.6 °C	+4.4 °C	56 mm	-55 mm
Mar	30.0 °C	+1.9 °C	106 mm	-18 mm
Apr	24.0 °C	-0.2 °C	44 mm	-76 mm
May	22.9 °C	+2.1 °C	103 mm	+22 mm
Jun	16.2 °C	-1.7 °C	19 mm	-37 mm
Jul	19.2 °C	+1.4 °C	29 mm	-23 mm
Aug	21.4 °C	+1.6 °C	131 mm	+66 mm
Sep	22.3 °C	+0.5 °C	82 mm	-12 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	+2.1 °C	73 mm	-50 mm
Nov	27.9 °C	+0.5 °C	126 mm	+9 mm
Dec	30.3 °C	+0.3 °C	225 mm	+115 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.9 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

-1.7 °C

2 Jul 2025

Wettest day

104.9 mm

8 Dec 2025

Windiest day

39.0 km/h

20 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

73.4 km/h

24 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

9 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-5.2 °C

2 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

23 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of La Paz?

La Paz has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,177 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Paz?

The hottest day measured in La Paz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1943, reaching 40.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in La Paz?

The coldest day measured in La Paz between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1976, at -3.5 °C.

Does it snow in La Paz?

Almost never: La Paz sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of La Paz warmed?

Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in La Paz.

What is the wettest day in La Paz?

The wettest day measured in La Paz between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1951, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in La Paz?

The windiest day measured in La Paz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1982, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in La Paz?

The warmest month in La Paz is January (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in La Paz?

La Paz receives on average 1,177 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Is it sunny in La Paz?

La Paz gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in La Paz?

Yes: La Paz has on average 75 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in La Paz?

In La Paz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.1 °C on 12 January 1973, and the lowest was -6.9 °C on 11 July 2007.

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