La Paz, Bolivia: Geography and Climate Overview
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La Paz is located in the northwest of Bolivia with an area of 133,985 km², its capital is the city of
La Paz, the seat of the central government located at 3,640 meters above sea level, its limits are: to the north
to the south with Oruro; to the east with Beni and Cochabamba, and to the west with the Republics of Peru and Chile.
It is located between 16°30'00" south latitude and 68°08'00" west longitude of the Greenwich Meridian.
The department of La Paz has approximately 1,900,786 inhabitants (1992 census). It is
divided into 20 provinces and 272 cantons.
The department of La Paz is divided into three geographic zones: The highland zone formed by the region
From Lake Titicaca, Island of the Sun, Island of the Moon, and Suriki, it is the wettest region of the Andean high plateau.
(650 mm of annual average rainfall).
The sub-Andean zone, formed by the northeast slope of the Real or Oriental Mountain Range that descends to the
tropical plains of the north, its climate is humid and gives rise to lush vegetation. This area is
commonly known as Los Yungas.
The Amazon region borders the departments of Beni and Pando, a tropical area of lush vegetation that
make this area a suitable place for adventure and ecological tourism
The Weather in La Paz, Bolivia
Located in the west of Bolivia, La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia and the capital of
Department of the same name. La Paz has an average temperature of 8 degrees.
Celsius. La Paz has a mountain climate with dry and cold winters with snowfall.
occasional and cool summers due to the rains.
It has a population of approximately 1,552,156 inhabitants, the city is located
at 3,650 meters above sea level. The city is located on the banks of the river
Choqueyapu that crosses from west to east and small rivers that originate in the high slopes and
they deposit their waters along the course of this river.
Bolivia is located in the southern hemisphere of the planet. The cold seasons (autumn and winter) go
from May to September and the hot season (spring and summer) from October to April, also
considered as the rainy season.
Climate
The department of La Paz presents varied climates: cold in the highland and puna.
brave, polar cold above 5000 meters in height with perpetual snows
like the Chacaltaya snowfield; temperate from 2000 to 3400 meters, warm from
the 500 to 2000 meters high and tropical in the Amazon plains of the north
department. Climate in the city and mountains ranges from -5 to 18 °C on average and
in the Yungas of La Paz from 20 to 25 °C.
Climate[edit]
The climate of the city is temperate high mountain. The location of the city of La Paz is
at the beginning of the valley where the climate is not so harsh, formerly the city of La
Peace protected travelers from the colonial era from the harsh climate of the highlands.
The annual average temperature is approximately 16.°C. La Paz has a
average precipitation of 575mm, January is the rainiest month of the year. The rains
they concentrate seasonally from December to April. On average, the most
November is warm while the coldest month is June.
The spring season in La Paz records an average maximum temperature of
22°Cand an average minimum temperature of 5 °C. In spring, the weather is humid and
mild, more stable than in other seasons, in summer the weather is mild to hot,
In the night and dawn, rain is expected, especially during the transition from
seasons, from summer to autumn. The autumn weather is a bit cold and dry. Finally the
winter is humid and cold.