La Paz climate

La Paz Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around La Paz, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 24°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 12°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 78 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at La Paz, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
11°C
Precipitation
78 mm
Reanalysis high
34°CMay 1, 1997
Reanalysis low
-1°CMay 27, 1993
Daylight
10 h 53 min to 10 h 18 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
11.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 124°C12°C34°C 19974°C 201630%
May 223°C12°C30°C 19944°C 199230%
May 323°C12°C29°C 19994°C 201130%
May 423°C12°C29°C 20095°C 200130%
May 523°C12°C31°C 19973°C 200130%
May 623°C12°C32°C 19975°C 200029%
May 723°C12°C32°C 19975°C 200728%
May 823°C12°C32°C 19973°C 200728%
May 923°C11°C30°C 19974°C 200727%
May 1022°C11°C31°C 20093°C 200727%
May 1122°C11°C33°C 20095°C 201027%
May 1222°C11°C30°C 19975°C 201226%
May 1322°C11°C28°C 19975°C 200126%
May 1422°C11°C28°C 20023°C 200127%
May 1522°C11°C26°C 19974°C 201327%
May 1622°C11°C27°C 19972°C 201327%
May 1721°C11°C28°C 20082°C 201327%
May 1821°C11°C29°C 19975°C 199526%
May 1921°C10°C32°C 20084°C 199225%
May 2021°C10°C33°C 20083°C 199924%
May 2121°C10°C33°C 20082°C 200624%
May 2221°C10°C32°C 20084°C 200524%
May 2320°C10°C32°C 20082°C 200624%
May 2420°C10°C29°C 20092°C 199724%
May 2520°C9°C29°C 20092°C 200723%
May 2620°C9°C28°C 20063°C 199323%
May 2720°C9°C27°C 1991-1°C 199322%
May 2820°C9°C29°C 19912°C 200722%
May 2920°C9°C29°C 19910°C 200721%
May 3020°C9°C28°C 19910°C 200720%
May 3119°C9°C27°C 19911°C 199320%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at La Paz, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

May 1
sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:47 AM, sunset 6:05 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.