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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Phnom Penh?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Phnom Penh’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, Phnom Penh 6: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Phnom Penh 62: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Phnom Penh 62: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Phnom Penh 58: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Phnom Penh 28: Bogota leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Phnom Penh 34: Bogota leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Phnom Penh 32: Bogota leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Phnom Penh 35: Bogota leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Phnom Penh 46: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Phnom Penh 32: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on wellness and prices 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
12 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaPhnom Penh
Official languageSpanishKhmer
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number123Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation2,582 m11 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaPhnom Penh
City population8,034,6492,129,371
People per km²5,0923,138
Museums within 10 km303
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.