South America
Bolivia
Capital Sucre · 11M people · Boliviano
- Top cities
- 2.1MLa Paz
- 2.0MSanta Cruz de la Sierra
- 1.4MCochabamba
- 292KSucre
- 368KOruro
Photo by Guille Álvarez on Unsplash
- ClimateVariable2–29°
Top cities
- La Paz2.1M residents
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra2.0M residents
- Cochabamba1.4M residents
- Sucre292K residents
- Oruro368K residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Bolivia
Viru Viru International Airport is Bolivia's busiest gateway.
1 major airport. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Bolivia
Bolivia's passport ranks #69 worldwide — 63 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #6963 destinations
- GDP reach
- #12212.9% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #99315 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Bolivia
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Where most people in Bolivia live, it's typically 2° to 29° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~342 days a year in Villazón.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Bolivia
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Bolivia.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Winter Escapist leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →