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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bogota or Sapporo?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Sapporo leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Sapporo 40: Bogota leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Sapporo 62: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Sapporo 60: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Sapporo 44: Bogota leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

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

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaSapporo
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 m5 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaSapporo
City population8,034,6491,959,313
People per km²5,0921,747
Museums within 10 km3033
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.