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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Bogota or Osaka?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Osaka for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Osaka 63: Bogota leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Osaka 58: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Osaka 60: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Osaka.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 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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BogotaOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaOsaka
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 m20 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaOsaka
City population8,034,6492,751,862
People per km²5,09212,340
Museums within 10 km3044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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. 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.