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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Bogota or Mumbai?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Mumbai 52: Bogota leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Mumbai 55: Bogota leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Mumbai 48: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Mumbai 35: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Mumbai 72: Bogota leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Mumbai 55: Bogota leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Mumbai 24: Bogota leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bogota
52match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaMumbai
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+5:30
Emergency number123108 or 112
Elevation2,582 m14 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaMumbai
City population8,034,64915,414,288
People per km²5,09225,563
Museums within 10 km301
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.