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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License.

Bogota or Kyoto?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Kyoto for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Kyoto’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, Kyoto 15: Kyoto leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Kyoto 85: Kyoto leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Kyoto 35: Bogota leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Kyoto 68: Kyoto leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Kyoto 50: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Kyoto 60: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Kyoto.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on day trips 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
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaKyoto
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 m51 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaKyoto
City population8,034,6491,463,723
People per km²5,0921,768
Museums within 10 km3077
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.