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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bogota or Chengdu?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Bogota for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Bogota’s own page.

Choose Chengdu for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Bogota and Chengdu are level on 5.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Chengdu 60: Bogota leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Chengdu 68: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Chengdu 50: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Chengdu.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Bogota
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bogota in July

17 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaChengdu
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number123Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation2,582 m500 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaChengdu
City population8,034,64920,937,757
People per km²5,0921,456
Museums within 10 km3010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bogota or Chengdu somewhere new.

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.