Bolivia
La Paz in January
🌦️ Shoulder (showers)Cool and often rainy.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings · compact umbrella or rain jacket
Why January scores 8.5What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort7.7
- !Cool (15°C highs / 4°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 5°C)
- !Wet: ~134 mm rain, ~4 heavy-rain days
- Air quality10.0
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~4 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline6.0
- ·Increased caution
| Jan | Nov | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.5 Excellent | 9.0 Excellent |
| Season | 🌦️ Shoulder (showers) | ☀️ Dry season |
| High / low | 15° / 4° | 17° / 2° |
| Rain | 134 mm | 51 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 5° | dew pt 3° |
| PM2.5 | 4 µg/m³ | 4 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: El Alto weather-station normals. Rainfall: El Alto weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsJanuary 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- New Year 1–3 Jan · 3 days off in a row
- Plurinational State Foundation Day 22–24 Jan · 3 days off in a row
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore La PazEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyBolivia's seat of government, set in a canyon at about 3,600 metres, visited for markets, cable cars and as a base for Lake Titicaca.
Alasitas FairEvery yearStarts 24 January every year and runs for several weeks
A fair of miniatures representing wishes, blessed for the Ekeko god of abundance.
Why go: Buy a miniature and have it blessed at noon on 24 January.
Where: City centre
Coming up later
Gran PoderDate variesUsually late May or June, the Saturday before Holy Trinity
A massive folkloric parade of dancers and bands.
Why go: Streets close along the route all day.
Where: City centre
Mi Teleférico
An urban cable-car network with views over La Paz and El Alto.
Witches' Market (Mercado de las Brujas)
Stalls selling herbs, charms and traditional ritual items.
Valle de la Luna
Eroded clay formations just south of the city.
Feria 16 de Julio, El Alto
One of South America's largest street markets, held on Thursdays and Sundays.
💡 Watch your belongings in the crowds.
Calle Jaén
A preserved colonial street with small museums.
Tiwanaku
Pre-Inca ruins about 70 km from the city, a UNESCO site.
Salteñas
Baked pastries filled with juicy stew, eaten mid-morning.
💡 Salteñerías across the city
Api with pastel
A hot purple-corn drink with a fried cheese pastry.
💡 Markets, especially in the morning
Sandwich de chola
Pork sandwich with pickled vegetables.
💡 Street stalls and markets
Anticuchos
Grilled beef-heart skewers.
💡 Evening street stalls
Coca tea (mate de coca)
Coca-leaf tea, traditionally used for altitude.
💡 Hotels and cafes
Alpaca knitwear
Sweaters, scarves and hats.
💡 Calle Sagárnaga
Aguayo textiles
Colourful woven Andean cloths.
💡 Calle Sagárnaga and markets
Ekeko figures
Small figures of the Aymara god of abundance.
💡 Witches' Market and Alasitas fair
Airport transfer Kiwitaxi
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