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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bogota or Fukuoka?

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

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fukuoka’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, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Fukuoka 50: Bogota leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Fukuoka 60: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Fukuoka 62: Bogota leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Fukuoka 58: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Fukuoka 45: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Fukuoka in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
301 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaFukuoka
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+9
Emergency number123Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2,582 m8 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaFukuoka
City population8,034,6491,603,043
People per km²5,0924,715
Museums within 10 km3023
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.