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Town · Baja California Sur, Mexico

La Paz

Retiring to La Paz, in Baja California Sur, Mexico, from the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand. Average temperatures run 18.4°C in the coolest quarter and 27.6°C in the warmest. Rent, electricity and groceries for a couple come to USD $1,045–$2,103 a month, from official sources.

Sources: CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al., 2010 · Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, 2026-10-01

Exchange rate: 1 USD = 18.80 MXN, Banco de México's reference rate · this page converts at 18.91 MXN Banco de México — tipo de cambio FIX (SF43718) y dólar canadiense (SF60632), Oct 31, 2026 · dollar figures: European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30

Compare La Paz side by side Cost, safety, healthcare and climate against any other town we cover See La Paz on the map Every town we cover, with La Paz highlighted

What is La Paz like for a retiree?

La Paz is the capital of Baja California Sur, on the Gulf of California coast, in a desert climate. What rain there is arrives between August and October.

What to weigh in La Paz

Manuel Márquez de León International (LAP) serves La Paz directly. For La Paz, the homicide rate, the road minutes to a hospital and a pharmacy, and the climate are measured in the cards on this page, each with its source and date.

Last updated October 2, 2026

At a glance 4 of 4 core
Rent, power & groceries USD $1,045–$2,103 Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources · monthly, for a couple · as of 2026-10-01 · utilities, transport and everyday spending are not included. The breakdown is below.
Climate 82° / 65°F Warmest- and coldest-quarter means · 28° / 18°C · CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.
Elevation 27 m / 90 ft Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus - nearest cell at the town coordinate · 2026-09-19
Setting Coastal ExpatAlmanac classification — from the town's coordinates, its measured elevation and its geographic situation, against a closed list of settings · 2026-08-16

La Paz in pictures

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Local data

Official, dated figures — sources shown. Not forecasts.

Cost of living

What official sources price for this town · monthly, for a couple · in US dollars at the stored exchange rate · as of 2026-10-01

USD $1,045–$2,103 / month

Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, as of 2026-10-01 — not the whole cost of living.

Rent
USD $952–$2,010

MXN $18,000–$38,000 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Rent, Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown · icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · 2026-10-01

Electricity
USD $22

MXN $422 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Electricity (250 kWh/month, town figure) · CFE — tarifa doméstica 1D (CFE's tariff rule on SMN station 3074, summers 2022–2026; not confirmed on a CFE bill), recibo de 250 kWh/mes (IVA incluido) · 2026-10-07

Groceries
USD $71

MXN $1,336 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Groceries (9-item basket, monthly, couple) · PROFECO — Quién es Quién en los Precios (precio de venta al público, mediana nacional) · 2026-10-07

Public healthcare cost: shown under Residency and healthcare on the Mexico page, with its age bands — beside the total, not in it, because only some countries publish a public-healthcare fee.

Rent — which figure, how it is measured, and the others we hold

Rent

Asking rent USD $1,164 ($952–$2,010) per month · 2-bed apartment
MXN $22,000 ($18,000–$38,000) per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Listings harvested 2026-10-01 · N=8 two-bedroom apartments inside the town's footprint on icasas.mx passed the method (13 stated furnished, 0 stated a short let, 0 offered for sale were dropped) · fewer than 30 listings, so the band is widened by a resampling estimate of its own noise icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · figure for 2026
Which figure, and the others we hold Asking rent — what landlords are listing for 2-bed apartment Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown
Asking rent — what landlords are listing for 2-bed house USD $727 ($317–$1,481) per month · 2-bed house MXN $13,750 ($6,000–$28,000) per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown Listings harvested 2026-10-01 · N=8 two-bedroom houses inside the town's footprint on icasas.mx passed the method (9 stated furnished, 0 stated a short let, 0 offered for sale were dropped) · fewer than 30 listings, so the band is widened by a resampling estimate of its own noise icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · figure for 2026
Rent paid No figure held for this town
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "La Paz — rent", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/baja-california-sur/la-paz, figures as of 2026; original data: icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac.

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Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area.

How rent is measured

Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area. Asking rents for a two-bedroom apartment from property listing sites, measured the same way in every country: unfurnished only; leases of 12 months or more, with holiday, seasonal and month-to-month lets left out; rent without utilities, as listed; and only listings inside the town's own area — the same area every other local figure uses — so a listing with no address or map point is left out. The figure is the 10th–75th percentile range of the listings kept, with their median beside it, from at least 30 listings; with 10 to 29 the range is widened by an estimate of its own sampling noise and the count is shown; with fewer than 10 the town carries no figure. Where a site has no furnished or lease-length field, a listing is dropped only when its own text says it is furnished, a short let or for sale. Each figure names its site, its listing count and its local currency, converted when the page is shown. Refreshed every 6 months, and marked out of date after that. Three caveats: asking rents run above agreed rents, the area is the town's area rather than its center, and the sample is one site.

Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom house on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area. Asking rents for a two-bedroom house from property listing sites, measured the same way in every country: unfurnished only; leases of 12 months or more, with holiday, seasonal and month-to-month lets left out; rent without utilities, as listed; and only listings inside the town's own area — the same area every other local figure uses — so a listing with no address or map point is left out. The figure is the 10th–75th percentile range of the listings kept, with their median beside it, from at least 30 listings; with 10 to 29 the range is widened by an estimate of its own sampling noise and the count is shown; with fewer than 10 the town carries no figure. Where a site has no furnished or lease-length field, a listing is dropped only when its own text says it is furnished, a short let or for sale. Each figure names its site, its listing count and its local currency, converted when the page is shown. Refreshed every 6 months, and marked out of date after that. Three caveats: asking rents run above agreed rents, the area is the town's area rather than its center, and the sample is one site.

Utilities other than electricity, transport, everyday spending and eating out are not included: no official source prices them for each town.

In the personalized report

  • Utilities — water, gas, refusefor subscribers
  • Transportfor subscribers
  • Everyday spendingfor subscribers
  • Eating out and leisurefor subscribers
  • Total monthly estimate — essentials and comfortablefor subscribers

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Figures for two adults; verify current prices locally. Not a forecast.

Homicide

Deaths by assault, from death certificates · the same definition in every country

4.8 per 100,000 a year La Paz municipality figure
How we know this 95% interval 3.7–6.0 · 2020–2024. 5% of the 78 homicides that occurred here have no recorded residence, so they are not in this count. Higher than 3% of the 1,138 Mexican municipalities with 10 or more in 2020–2024, ranked by where the deaths occurred. Registered deaths of residents whose underlying cause is assault (ICD-10 X85–Y09 and Y87.1), pooled 2020–2024 · INEGI, Estadísticas de Defunciones Registradas (EDR), microdatos 2020–2024, by municipio of residence · population: CONAPO, Población a mitad de año por municipio (pry23), 2020–2024 · read 2026-09-24
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "La Paz — homicide", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/baja-california-sur/la-paz, figures as of 2026; original data: INEGI, Estadísticas de Defunciones Registradas (EDR), microdatos 2020–2024, by municipio of residence; CONAPO, Población a mitad de año por municipio (pry23), 2020–2024.

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Getting to care

Road minutes from the town — pharmacies measured the same way in every country, hospitals against each country's own register

Nearest pharmacy
0.3 min by road

Nearest: Farmacia Veterinaria Chiapa (OpenStreetMap way/1363687579), 0.13 km by road.

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM · measured Sep 23, 2026

Nearest hospital
1.2 min by road

Nearest: HGZMF 1 LA PAZ (CLUES:BSIMS000113), 0.83 km by road.

CLUES, Secretaría de Salud (DGIS), August 2026; public general hospitals only; routed over OpenStreetMap (ODbL) with OSRM · measured Sep 25, 2026 · as listed in this country's national register, so not compared across borders

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Getting to care", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/baja-california-sur/la-paz, figures as of 2026; original data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM; CLUES, Secretaría de Salud (DGIS), August 2026; public general hospitals only; routed over OpenStreetMap (ODbL) with OSRM.

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Measured over the whole municipio

The figures in this card are computed over the whole municipio, about 15,911 km², not at a single point in the center.

Elevation
-4–2,078 m
Kind of place
City
People in this area (modeled)
376,549
Distance to the sea
reaches the coast
Air quality, typical (PM2.5)
9.1 µg/m³ WHO guideline 5
Slope, typical range
0.4–18.2°
Coldest quarter, average
18.4°C (65°F)
Warmest quarter, average
27.6°C (82°F)
Driest quarter, rainfall
2 mm
Wettest quarter, rainfall
171 mm
Least humid month
50%
Most humid month
60%
Sources (9)
GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint 2020 GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint 2020 OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint 2026 SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted 2024 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus 2021 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline 2021 CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Measured over the town", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/baja-california-sur/la-paz, figures as of 2010; original data: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus; Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline; GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint; GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint; OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint; SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted; CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al.

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Mexico — residency and healthcare at a glance

  • Retirement residence route: Residencia temporal por solvencia económica, then residencia permanente (jubilado o pensionado) — temporary residence on financial means, then permanent residence as a retiree or pensioner Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (SEGOB/SRE), DOF 25 Jul 2025 — copy published by the Consulate of Mexico in Houston · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Public healthcare: USD $1,090 / year · ages 60–69 · other age bands on the Mexico page MXN $20,600 / year · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30Yearly fee per person to join Mexico's IMSS public health insurance (Seguro de Salud para la Familia), ages 60–69.
    How this is measured

    IMSS Seguro de Salud para la Familia, annual fee per person paid in advance, age band 60–69, in force from 1 March 2026. The band is part of the figure.

    IMSS: Seguro de Salud para la Familia — annual fees from 1 March 2026 · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Prices against the world average (World = 100): Food 101.6 · overall average 74.7 national, at 2021 prices · World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Residency and healthcare in Mexico", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/baja-california-sur/la-paz, figures as of 2021; original data: Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (SEGOB/SRE), DOF 25 Jul 2025 — copy published by the Consulate of Mexico in Houston; IMSS: Seguro de Salud para la Familia — annual fees from 1 March 2026; World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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How far is La Paz from home?

Nearest airportthe one that serves La Paz

Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP), at La Paz. Chosen as the quickest drive of the 6 airports within 250 km that have scheduled flights and a runway of at least 1,800 m (computed 2026-09-21).

Getting to LAP: about 12 min by road, 10.9 km — a real road route, not a straight line. OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM, 2026

Depends on where you fly fromdrive + estimated flight · each country's capital and largest cities
From Australia · from ~16h 12m
  • Brisbane BNE ~16h 12m est. flight ~16h est. · 11,813 km / 7,341 mi straight line
  • Sydney SYD ~16h 42m est. flight ~16h 30m est. · 12,212 km / 7,588 mi straight line
  • Melbourne MEL ~17h 27m est. flight ~17h 15m est. · 12,867 km / 7,995 mi straight line
  • Adelaide ADL ~18h 12m est. flight ~18h est. · 13,366 km / 8,305 mi straight line
  • Perth PER ~20h 42m est. flight ~20h 30m est. · 15,418 km / 9,580 mi straight line
From Austria · from ~14h 12m
  • Linz LNZ ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,267 km / 6,379 mi straight line
  • Vienna VIE ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,407 km / 6,467 mi straight line
  • Graz GRZ ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,429 km / 6,480 mi straight line
From Belgium · from ~13h 12m
  • Brussels BRU ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,532 km / 5,923 mi straight line
  • Charleroi CRL ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,558 km / 5,939 mi straight line
  • Liège LGG ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,604 km / 5,968 mi straight line
From Bulgaria · from ~15h 12m
  • Sofia SOF ~15h 12m est. flight ~15h est. · 11,210 km / 6,966 mi straight line
  • Plovdiv PDV ~15h 27m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,341 km / 7,047 mi straight line
  • Varna VAR ~15h 27m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,397 km / 7,082 mi straight line
From Canada · from ~4h 42m
  • Vancouver YVR ~4h 42m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 3,009 km / 1,870 mi straight line
  • Calgary YYC ~4h 57m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,024 km / 1,879 mi straight line
  • Toronto YYZ ~5h 27m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,543 km / 2,202 mi straight line
  • Ottawa YOW ~5h 57m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,906 km / 2,427 mi straight line
  • Montreal YUL ~6h 12m est. flight ~6h est. · 4,050 km / 2,516 mi straight line
From Croatia · from ~14h 27m
  • Rijeka RJK ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,510 km / 6,531 mi straight line
  • Zagreb ZAG ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,558 km / 6,560 mi straight line
  • Split SPU ~14h 42m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,737 km / 6,672 mi straight line
From Cyprus · from ~16h 57m
  • Limassol PFO ~16h 57m est. flight ~16h 45m est. · 12,394 km / 7,701 mi straight line
  • Nicosia LCA ~16h 57m est. flight ~16h 45m est. · 12,441 km / 7,730 mi straight line
From Czechia · from ~13h 57m
  • Prague PRG ~13h 57m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,134 km / 6,297 mi straight line
  • Brno BRQ ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,335 km / 6,422 mi straight line
  • Ostrava OSR ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,367 km / 6,442 mi straight line
From Denmark · from ~13h 12m
  • Aarhus AAR ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,506 km / 5,907 mi straight line
  • Odense ODE ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,549 km / 5,933 mi straight line
  • Copenhagen CPH ~13h 27m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,653 km / 5,998 mi straight line
From Estonia · from ~13h 42m
  • Tallinn TLL ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,871 km / 6,133 mi straight line
  • Tartu TAY ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 10,033 km / 6,234 mi straight line
From Finland · from ~13h 27m
  • Tampere TMP ~13h 27m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,658 km / 6,001 mi straight line
  • Turku TKU ~13h 27m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,684 km / 6,018 mi straight line
  • Helsinki HEL ~13h 27m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,798 km / 6,088 mi straight line
From France · from ~13h 12m
  • Lille LIL ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,471 km / 5,885 mi straight line
  • Paris CDG ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,531 km / 5,923 mi straight line
  • Lyon LYS ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,892 km / 6,147 mi straight line
From Germany · from ~13h 12m
  • Essen DUS ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,638 km / 5,989 mi straight line
  • Berlin BER ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,929 km / 6,170 mi straight line
  • Munich MUC ~13h 57m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,123 km / 6,290 mi straight line
From Greece · from ~15h 27m
  • Thessaloniki SKG ~15h 27m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,364 km / 7,061 mi straight line
  • Athens ATH ~15h 57m est. flight ~15h 45m est. · 11,632 km / 7,228 mi straight line
  • Heraklion HER ~16h 12m est. flight ~16h est. · 11,920 km / 7,407 mi straight line
From Hungary · from ~14h 27m
  • Gyor LHPR ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,511 km / 6,531 mi straight line
  • Budapest BUD ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,604 km / 6,589 mi straight line
  • Debrecen DEB ~14h 42m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,722 km / 6,663 mi straight line
From Ireland · from ~11h 57m
  • Galway SNN ~11h 57m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,629 km / 5,362 mi straight line
  • Cork ORK ~12h 12m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,694 km / 5,402 mi straight line
  • Dublin DUB ~12h 12m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,757 km / 5,441 mi straight line
From Italy · from ~13h 57m
  • Milan MXP ~13h 57m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,128 km / 6,293 mi straight line
  • Rome FCO ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,613 km / 6,595 mi straight line
  • Naples NAP ~14h 42m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,809 km / 6,717 mi straight line
From Latvia · from ~13h 57m
  • Riga RIX ~13h 57m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,049 km / 6,244 mi straight line
From Lithuania · from ~13h 42m
  • Klaipėda PLQ ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 10,009 km / 6,219 mi straight line
  • Kaunas KUN ~13h 57m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,218 km / 6,349 mi straight line
  • Vilnius VNO ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,296 km / 6,398 mi straight line
From Luxembourg · from ~13h 27m
  • Luxembourg-Ville LUX ~13h 27m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,713 km / 6,036 mi straight line
From Malta · from ~15h 12m
  • Valletta MLA ~15h 12m est. flight ~15h est. · 11,187 km / 6,951 mi straight line
From Netherlands · from ~13h 12m
  • Amsterdam AMS ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,461 km / 5,879 mi straight line
  • Rotterdam RTM ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,464 km / 5,881 mi straight line
  • Eindhoven EIN ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,549 km / 5,933 mi straight line
From New Zealand · from ~14h 12m
  • Auckland AKL ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,358 km / 6,436 mi straight line
  • Wellington WLG ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,581 km / 6,575 mi straight line
  • Christchurch CHC ~14h 57m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,857 km / 6,746 mi straight line
From Norway · from ~12h 27m
  • Trondheim TRD ~12h 27m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 9,029 km / 5,610 mi straight line
  • Stavanger SVG ~12h 42m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,098 km / 5,653 mi straight line
  • Oslo OSL ~12h 42m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,260 km / 5,754 mi straight line
From Poland · from ~14h 12m
  • Warsaw WAW ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,312 km / 6,407 mi straight line
  • Katowice KTW ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,355 km / 6,434 mi straight line
  • Krakow KRK ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,422 km / 6,476 mi straight line
From Portugal · from ~12h 27m
  • Funchal FNC ~12h 27m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,905 km / 5,533 mi straight line
  • Porto OPO ~12h 42m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,177 km / 5,703 mi straight line
  • Lisbon LIS ~12h 42m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,261 km / 5,755 mi straight line
From Romania · from ~14h 57m
  • Timișoara TSR ~14h 57m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,844 km / 6,738 mi straight line
  • Cluj-Napoca CLJ ~14h 57m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,886 km / 6,764 mi straight line
  • Bucharest OTP ~15h 12m est. flight ~15h est. · 11,195 km / 6,956 mi straight line
From Slovakia · from ~14h 27m
  • Bratislava BTS ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,437 km / 6,485 mi straight line
  • Banská Bystrica SLD ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,503 km / 6,526 mi straight line
  • Košice KSC ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,608 km / 6,592 mi straight line
From Slovenia · from ~14h 12m
  • Ljubljana LJU ~14h 12m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,429 km / 6,481 mi straight line
  • Maribor MBX ~14h 27m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,481 km / 6,512 mi straight line
From South Africa · from ~20h 12m
  • Cape Town CPT ~20h 12m est. flight ~20h est. · 14,984 km / 9,311 mi straight line
  • Johannesburg JNB ~21h 12m est. flight ~21h est. · 15,859 km / 9,854 mi straight line
  • Durban DUR ~21h 42m est. flight ~21h 30m est. · 16,162 km / 10,043 mi straight line
From Spain · from ~13h 12m
  • Madrid MAD ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,598 km / 5,964 mi straight line
  • Valencia VLC ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,882 km / 6,140 mi straight line
  • Barcelona BCN ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,961 km / 6,189 mi straight line
From Sweden · from ~13h 12m
  • Gothenburg GOT ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,490 km / 5,897 mi straight line
  • Stockholm ARN ~13h 12m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,586 km / 5,957 mi straight line
  • Malmo MMX ~13h 27m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,693 km / 6,023 mi straight line
From Switzerland · from ~13h 42m
  • Geneva GVA ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,924 km / 6,167 mi straight line
  • Bern ZRH ~13h 42m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,994 km / 6,210 mi straight line
From United Kingdom · from ~12h 12m
  • Glasgow GLA ~12h 12m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,744 km / 5,433 mi straight line
  • Manchester MAN ~12h 27m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,996 km / 5,590 mi straight line
  • Leeds LBA ~12h 27m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 9,004 km / 5,595 mi straight line
  • Birmingham BHX ~12h 42m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,075 km / 5,639 mi straight line
  • London LHR ~12h 42m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,206 km / 5,720 mi straight line
From United States of America · from ~2h 42m
  • Los Angeles LAX ~2h 42m est. flight ~2h 30m est. · 1,347 km / 837 mi straight line
  • Las Vegas LAS ~2h 42m est. flight ~2h 30m est. · 1,412 km / 878 mi straight line
  • Houston IAH ~2h 57m est. flight ~2h 45m est. · 1,625 km / 1,010 mi straight line
  • Denver DEN ~3h 12m est. flight ~3h est. · 1,835 km / 1,140 mi straight line
  • San Francisco SFO ~3h 27m est. flight ~3h 15m est. · 1,890 km / 1,174 mi straight line
  • Chicago ORD ~4h 42m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,872 km / 1,785 mi straight line
  • Miami MIA ~4h 57m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,032 km / 1,884 mi straight line
  • Washington, D.C. IAD ~5h 27m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,504 km / 2,177 mi straight line
  • Philadelphia PHL ~5h 42m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,716 km / 2,309 mi straight line
  • New York City JFK ~5h 57m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,860 km / 2,399 mi straight line

These are straight lines, not routes. Flight distances are measured airport to airport across the Earth's surface, from LAP to each destination's main airport. The drive to LAP is the exception: that one is a measured road route.

Estimated flying time is our own arithmetic, not a timetable: the straight-line distance flown at 780 km/h, plus 45 minutes for taxi, climb and descent, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. A real flight is longer than a straight line, and whether a nonstop exists at all changes by season and airline — check current schedules.

The 108 destinations above are a chosen list, not every city — the capital and the largest cities of each country we publish for, by population (up to ten for the United States, five for Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, three elsewhere). Two cities served by the same airport appear once. A city that is not on the list is not unusually far; it is simply not on the list.

Airport coordinates from OurAirports (public domain dataset), retrieved 2026-08-14.

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "How far is La Paz from home?", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/baja-california-sur/la-paz, figures as of 2026; original data: OurAirports (public domain dataset); OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM.

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