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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Bogota or Chiang Mai?

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
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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 5, Chiang Mai 6: Chiang Mai leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Chiang Mai 65: Bogota leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Chiang Mai 45: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Chiang Mai 73: Chiang Mai leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Chiang Mai 48: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Chiang Mai 55: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Chiang Mai 38: Chiang Mai leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Chiang Mai 30: Bogota leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Chiang Mai.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaChiang Mai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaChiang Mai
Official languageSpanishThai
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Baht (THB)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number123Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation2,582 m310 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaChiang Mai
City population8,034,6491,198,000
People per km²5,0922,958
Museums within 10 km306
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.