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Originally Posted by CaliNative
Highest major city, either La Paz, Bolivia or maybe Llasa, Tibet? Llasa is very high, up on the Tibetan Plateau north of the Himalayan front range peaks. Llasa might also be colder in the hottest month than La Paz, but not sure. In the U.S., some of the towns in the Colorado Rockies are high and cold. In Lead CO I think every month has frost and snow is possible too. Same with Telluride.
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Telluride is a whole mountain (4564ft) lower in elevation than La Paz's airport, and gets a fair bit hotter in the summer. Lhasa is lower in elevation than La Paz's airport, but comparable to downtown La Paz, however, it has more pronounced seasons, which means its winters are colder, but its summers are warmer, even compared to downtown La Paz.
Leadville is still quite a bit lower in elevation than La Paz, but it's far enough north that its summers are cooler than downtown La Paz, though not La Paz airport. The coolest town I know of in Colorado is Fairplay.
La Paz is really cool, even the major Arctic towns of North America have warmer summers. You have to get to around 70N before the summers are cooler. Even Tuktoyaktuk right on the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean gets a smidge warmer (Inuvik 100km inland is considerably warmer), although most Beaufort Sea towns are cooler.
Warmest month
Fairbanks, AK: 17.2C
Yellowknife, NT: 17.0C
Lhasa: 16.7C
Telluride, CO: 16.5C
Anchorage, AK: 15.3C
Whitehorse, YK: 14.3C
Inuvik, NT: 14.1C
Downtown La Paz: 13.7C
Leadville, CO: 12.8C
Fairplay, CO: 12.5C
Baker Lake, NU: 11.6C
Nome, AK: 11.1C
Tuktoyaktuk, NT: 11.0C
Rankin Inlet, NU: 10.5C
La Paz Airport: 10.5C
Cambridge Bay, NU: 8.9C
Prudhoe Bay, AK: 8.6C
Iqaluit, NU: 8.2C
Igloolik, NU: 7.4C
Pond Inlet, NU: 6.6C
All of these cities and towns are below the population cut-off I used though.