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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License.

Bogota or Pattaya?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Pattaya for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pattaya’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, Pattaya 66: Pattaya leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Pattaya 58: Bogota leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Pattaya 30: Bogota leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Pattaya 76: Pattaya leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Pattaya 40: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bogota and Pattaya are level on 52.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Pattaya 55: Pattaya leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bogota and Pattaya are level on 36.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Pattaya 42: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Pattaya 84: Pattaya leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Pattaya 30: Bogota leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Pattaya.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bogota
52match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Pattaya
52match

Wins on beaches 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

Pattaya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Pattaya's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Sattahip.

Pattaya has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Pattaya's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Bangna Agromet / Ban Khlong Samrong.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Pattaya: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1961-1990, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sattahip (31.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaPattaya
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 m35 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaPattaya
City population8,034,649119,532
People per km²5,092-
Museums within 10 km300
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.