Similar Climates › City Pairings › La Paz ≈ Toluca
City Pairings
loose match
La Paz, Bolivia and Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico are a loose climate match — 5,263 km (3,270 mi) apart. La Paz is Köppen zone Cwc; Toluca is Cwb.
See La Paz on the interactive map →La Paz is classed cold subtropical highland (Cwc) while Toluca is subtropical highland (Cwb) — different Köppen labels, but January and July still land close enough to pair. Because one city is in the opposite hemisphere, the comparison flips seasons: La Paz’s January against Toluca’s July. They are about 5,263 km (3,270 mi) apart, so Toluca is a reachable stand-in when you want La Paz’s weather elsewhere.
It is a loose match: useful as a climate analogue for La Paz, though not a perfect copy. January means differ by 4°C (Toluca warmer); July by 3°C (Toluca warmer). Rainfall shifts more: Toluca is 35 mm wetter in January.
Sunshine stays close: Toluca at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.8 h/day in La Paz (January 10.4 h / 10.7 h, July 10.2 h / 10.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 13 µg/m³ in Toluca vs 4 in La Paz (higher by 9 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Toluca runs about 6°C higher in July (2°C vs -4°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
La Paz is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Toluca's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
Compare La Paz and Toluca month by month on the interactive map →
See Toluca's climate twin on its own page.
On Similar Climates, Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico is the closest distant match for La Paz, Bolivia — scored loose, about 5,263 km (3,270 mi) away.
La Paz and Toluca are separated by roughly 5,263 km (3,270 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Toluca’s July pairs with La Paz’s January in the comparison.
No — La Paz is cold subtropical highland (Cwc) and Toluca is subtropical highland (Cwb), but the January and July numbers still align closely enough to pair.
La Paz has a cold subtropical highland climate (Cwc). January averages a high of 17°C and a low of 6°C with 115 mm of rain; July averages 15°C / 1°C and 8 mm.
La Paz averages about 10.7 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 3.8 µg/m³ (US AQI 24); July averages 4.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 28).
Other close climate matches for La Paz: Bogotá (loose), Addis Ababa (loose), Lhasa (loose).
All cold subtropical highland (Cwc) cities on Similar Climates →
Explore La Paz and Toluca on the interactive map →