La Paz · Bolivia

La Paz in May: every year compared

In May, La Paz averages highs of 17.2 °C and lows of 2.8 °C, with 16 mm of precipitation. The warmest May was 2024 (10.9 °C), the coldest 1968 (5.7 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 17.2 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 2.8 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 16 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 5

Day by day through May

Normal high and low for each day of May in La Paz.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every May in La Paz, ranked

86 months of May since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 22 of 86 (−0.1 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 9.5 °C · −0.1 °C vs normal · rank 22 of 86

Warmest years

1202410.9 °C
2199210.8 °C
3201610.7 °C
4201010.6 °C
5202010.5 °C

Coldest years

119685.7 °C
219506.2 °C
319516.7 °C
419666.9 °C
519566.9 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	9.5 °C	16.5 °C	3.7 °C	30 mm	2 days	0 cm	10 days
2024	10.9 °C	18.4 °C	4.2 °C	28 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2023	10.1 °C	16.8 °C	4.0 °C	38 mm	0 days	2 cm	8 days
2022	10.0 °C	17.7 °C	3.0 °C	9 mm	2 days	0 cm	4 days
2021	9.9 °C	16.6 °C	3.6 °C	9 mm	1 day	0 cm	3 days
2020	10.5 °C	18.2 °C	3.8 °C	7 mm	2 days	0 cm	2 days
2019	10.3 °C	17.6 °C	3.5 °C	24 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2018	9.9 °C	17.8 °C	2.9 °C	7 mm	2 days	0 cm	4 days
2017	10.1 °C	16.4 °C	4.2 °C	46 mm	0 days	4 cm	14 days
2016	10.7 °C	18.5 °C	3.0 °C	7 mm	1 day	0 cm	3 days
2015	9.7 °C	16.5 °C	3.5 °C	19 mm	1 day	0 cm	7 days
2014	10.0 °C	17.4 °C	3.1 °C	37 mm	2 days	5 cm	12 days
2013	10.2 °C	17.2 °C	3.6 °C	21 mm	2 days	0 cm	7 days
2012	9.0 °C	16.9 °C	1.6 °C	6 mm	4 days	0 cm	2 days
2011	10.2 °C	18.0 °C	3.1 °C	14 mm	1 day	0 cm	8 days
2010	10.6 °C	17.7 °C	3.8 °C	26 mm	0 days	1 cm	7 days
2009	9.8 °C	17.2 °C	2.9 °C	19 mm	2 days	2 cm	6 days
2008	8.6 °C	16.7 °C	0.7 °C	6 mm	14 days	1 cm	2 days
2007	9.4 °C	16.5 °C	2.9 °C	22 mm	3 days	0 cm	9 days
2006	9.0 °C	17.3 °C	1.1 °C	9 mm	10 days	0 cm	3 days
2005	9.8 °C	18.0 °C	1.8 °C	9 mm	6 days	0 cm	4 days
2004	9.1 °C	16.9 °C	1.1 °C	12 mm	8 days	1 cm	3 days
2003	9.0 °C	16.2 °C	3.0 °C	13 mm	1 day	0 cm	5 days
2002	9.2 °C	16.6 °C	3.2 °C	15 mm	0 days	1 cm	4 days
2001	8.6 °C	16.0 °C	2.5 °C	31 mm	2 days	3 cm	12 days
2000	10.1 °C	17.9 °C	3.6 °C	11 mm	0 days	0 cm	3 days
1999	9.3 °C	16.3 °C	3.3 °C	12 mm	2 days	1 cm	3 days
1998	10.1 °C	18.1 °C	2.7 °C	5 mm	4 days	0 cm	2 days
1997	8.4 °C	16.4 °C	1.2 °C	18 mm	12 days	4 cm	5 days
1996	9.5 °C	16.9 °C	3.4 °C	14 mm	1 day	0 cm	6 days
1995	9.2 °C	17.6 °C	2.2 °C	14 mm	5 days	2 cm	4 days
1994	8.8 °C	16.2 °C	2.6 °C	16 mm	5 days	1 cm	7 days
1993	9.4 °C	16.6 °C	2.9 °C	21 mm	3 days	2 cm	6 days
1992	10.8 °C	18.8 °C	3.5 °C	2 mm	0 days	0 cm	0 days
1991	9.1 °C	17.2 °C	2.0 °C	9 mm	2 days	0 cm	5 days
1990	9.7 °C	16.8 °C	3.3 °C	14 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
1989	8.3 °C	15.7 °C	2.4 °C	32 mm	2 days	1 cm	14 days
1988	8.8 °C	15.3 °C	3.4 °C	36 mm	2 days	3 cm	15 days
1987	9.3 °C	16.6 °C	2.6 °C	27 mm	4 days	1 cm	8 days
1986	7.6 °C	14.9 °C	1.4 °C	14 mm	6 days	1 cm	4 days
1985	8.5 °C	15.7 °C	2.8 °C	14 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
1984	8.8 °C	16.4 °C	2.2 °C	10 mm	4 days	0 cm	5 days
1983	9.9 °C	17.2 °C	3.1 °C	17 mm	2 days	0 cm	7 days
1982	7.9 °C	15.9 °C	0.8 °C	14 mm	10 days	0 cm	6 days
1981	9.2 °C	16.9 °C	2.3 °C	10 mm	5 days	0 cm	3 days
1980	8.7 °C	17.0 °C	1.2 °C	15 mm	9 days	0 cm	4 days
1979	8.4 °C	16.4 °C	1.6 °C	6 mm	7 days	0 cm	4 days
1978	8.6 °C	16.7 °C	1.4 °C	9 mm	4 days	0 cm	3 days
1977	8.2 °C	15.4 °C	1.8 °C	29 mm	4 days	3 cm	12 days
1976	7.7 °C	14.9 °C	1.4 °C	25 mm	7 days	0 cm	9 days
1975	7.7 °C	14.4 °C	2.0 °C	37 mm	3 days	2 cm	16 days
1974	8.0 °C	16.3 °C	0.9 °C	13 mm	8 days	0 cm	3 days
1973	8.5 °C	15.5 °C	2.9 °C	41 mm	2 days	10 cm	9 days
1972	7.9 °C	15.5 °C	1.8 °C	18 mm	6 days	1 cm	10 days
1971	8.4 °C	16.1 °C	1.4 °C	9 mm	10 days	0 cm	4 days
1970	9.0 °C	16.3 °C	2.7 °C	18 mm	6 days	1 cm	7 days
1969	9.3 °C	17.1 °C	2.7 °C	7 mm	3 days	0 cm	4 days
1968	5.7 °C	13.1 °C	-0.0 °C	55 mm	18 days	9 cm	17 days
1967	8.6 °C	15.5 °C	3.0 °C	25 mm	1 day	2 cm	13 days
1966	6.9 °C	13.9 °C	0.6 °C	25 mm	12 days	2 cm	10 days
1965	8.0 °C	15.3 °C	1.2 °C	19 mm	11 days	2 cm	5 days
1964	7.8 °C	14.6 °C	1.6 °C	12 mm	7 days	0 cm	6 days
1963	7.0 °C	13.5 °C	1.4 °C	30 mm	6 days	1 cm	15 days
1962	7.5 °C	14.2 °C	1.6 °C	23 mm	9 days	3 cm	7 days
1961	8.9 °C	15.9 °C	3.0 °C	12 mm	1 day	0 cm	2 days
1960	8.1 °C	15.8 °C	1.2 °C	8 mm	11 days	0 cm	2 days
1959	7.8 °C	14.8 °C	1.4 °C	13 mm	7 days	0 cm	4 days
1958	8.3 °C	16.0 °C	1.3 °C	8 mm	8 days	0 cm	3 days
1957	7.3 °C	13.9 °C	0.7 °C	26 mm	11 days	3 cm	10 days
1956	6.9 °C	13.7 °C	0.4 °C	7 mm	10 days	0 cm	3 days
1955	7.7 °C	14.7 °C	1.7 °C	12 mm	8 days	0 cm	4 days
1954	7.3 °C	13.9 °C	1.7 °C	27 mm	5 days	1 cm	11 days
1953	8.6 °C	15.2 °C	3.0 °C	29 mm	1 day	5 cm	9 days
1952	8.3 °C	15.7 °C	1.9 °C	11 mm	3 days	0 cm	5 days
1951	6.7 °C	14.0 °C	-0.3 °C	9 mm	18 days	0 cm	5 days
1950	6.2 °C	12.2 °C	0.7 °C	29 mm	10 days	3 cm	11 days
1949	8.3 °C	15.0 °C	2.2 °C	11 mm	4 days	0 cm	5 days
1948	8.4 °C	15.7 °C	1.8 °C	6 mm	8 days	0 cm	1 day
1947	7.5 °C	15.2 °C	1.4 °C	41 mm	10 days	8 cm	8 days
1946	7.7 °C	15.1 °C	1.3 °C	30 mm	8 days	1 cm	13 days
1945	7.6 °C	16.2 °C	0.0 °C	14 mm	18 days	4 cm	5 days
1944	8.9 °C	15.8 °C	2.2 °C	27 mm	5 days	1 cm	9 days
1943	7.4 °C	15.1 °C	0.1 °C	11 mm	16 days	1 cm	4 days
1942	7.0 °C	13.7 °C	1.5 °C	61 mm	8 days	9 cm	14 days
1941	8.3 °C	14.8 °C	2.8 °C	50 mm	3 days	13 cm	8 days
1940	7.5 °C	15.0 °C	1.3 °C	25 mm	9 days	3 cm	10 days

May records

Hottest day

21.3 °C

May 1, 1998 estimate

Coldest night

-5.4 °C

May 24, 1951 estimate

Wettest day

13 mm

May 5, 2023 estimate

The weather on your birthday in La Paz

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is La Paz in May?

Highs average 17.2 °C and lows 2.8 °C. A typical May brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 3 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in La Paz in May?

About 16 mm falls in May, over some 5 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest May was 1942 (61 mm), the driest 1992 (2 mm).

What was the warmest May in La Paz?

2024, with a mean temperature of 10.9 °C. The coldest was 1968 (5.7 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 22 of 86.