Current time in La Paz, Bolivia
The current local time in La Paz is shown below. La Paz observes BOT.
What's the daylight saving status?
La Paz does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/La_Paz
- Standard abbreviation
- BOT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of La Paz?
La Paz uses Bolivia Time at UTC-4 year-round. The country has not observed daylight saving in modern history. Its longitude near 68.2 degrees west places wall time slightly behind mean solar noon. Neighbouring Peru observes UTC-5, producing a one-hour step at the western border, while Chile to the south-west uses UTC-4 (with summer DST) and Brazil immediately east uses UTC-4 (Acre) or UTC-3 (Amazonas/Mato Grosso). The high altitude moderates seasonal sunrise and sunset variation compared with sea-level cities at the same latitude.
What are the working hours in La Paz?
Government, mining (the country's principal export sector), and informal commerce anchor the working economy. Office hours typically run 08:30 to 12:30 and 14:30 to 18:30, with an extended midday break that reflects the altitude's effect on physical comfort. Lunch is taken at home for many workers in the historic central districts. The annual Alasitas festival in late January and the Gran Poder procession in late May or early June are the city's largest cultural calendar events. Bolivian independence (6 August) and the founding of La Paz (16 July) frame the principal summer holiday cluster.
Where is La Paz?
La Paz sits in a deep canyon in the western Bolivian altiplano, between 3,200 and 4,100 metres elevation depending on neighbourhood. The metropolitan area, including the adjacent city of El Alto on the canyon rim at 4,150 metres, holds around 1.8 million residents. The Choqueyapu River runs through the canyon floor, with the city climbing the steep walls in a series of terraced neighbourhoods connected by an extensive aerial tramway system (Mi Teleférico) that opened progressively from 2014. La Paz is the de facto seat of national government, though Sucre remains the constitutional capital.