La Paz weather in July

In July, La Paz sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is La Paz's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Paz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:46 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
35%
7th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

La Paz is capital city of Baja California Sur, México.

Founded
1535

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical July day in La Paz reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in La Paz

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 18 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
18
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

La Paz weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 18°81.410.78.0
Feb21° / 17°71.111.28.1
Mar22° / 18°10.411.88.7
Apr24° / 19°0012.59.0
May26° / 21°00.113.28.9
Jun28° / 23°20.513.58.1
Jul30° / 26°112.513.36.4
Aug30° / 27°286.312.85.4
Sep30° / 26°61612.15.9
Oct28° / 25°13211.47.6
Nov25° / 22°121.110.88.8
Dec22° / 19°101.110.58.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
28515
38416
48416
58317
68218
78218
88119
98119
108020
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

La Paz gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.5 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
36
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3110

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
112056221
211956231
311855251
411754262
511653282
611552302
711451322
801351342
901251352
1001149372
1101048392
120947413
130846423
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170642475
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250436528
260435538
270434548
280333568
290332578
300331588
310330607

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:407:09
213.55:417:09
313.55:417:09
413.55:417:09
513.55:427:09
613.45:427:09
713.45:427:09
813.45:437:09
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 8.01 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 7.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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47.5Intense
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317.2Intense
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for La Paz

In seasonPeak

In July, La Paz sits inside its pacific hurricane season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

La Paz sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

Pacific hurricane
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit La Paz?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit La Paz for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for La Paz in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, La Paz sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near La Paz in July

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 21°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar21Refreshing
Apr22Refreshing
May23Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in La Paz in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in La Paz peaks around May 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 19UV 12Dec 22UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec5High
Location & terrain

Where is La Paz?

La Paz sits at 24.1°N, 110.3°W, 33 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Todos Santos, 78 km away.

Los MochisJuan José RíosGabriel Leyva Solano

Topography around La Paz

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of La Paz.

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Paz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 844 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,064 m.

The land around La Paz is covered by artificial surfaces (72%) within 3 km, shrubs (59%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and water (51%) and shrubs (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
212 m
16 km
844 m
80 km
2,064 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Todos Santos 78 km · San José del Cabo 136 km · Colonia del Sol 142 km · Cabo San Lucas 145 km · Ciudad Constitución 169 km · Los Mochis 226 km · Juan José Ríos 234 km · Gabriel Leyva Solano 239 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for La Paz (24.1423°, -110.3132°, elevation 33 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).