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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Bogota or Siem Reap?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Siem Reap’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 and Siem Reap are level on 5.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Siem Reap 45: Bogota leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Siem Reap 42: Bogota leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Siem Reap 40: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Siem Reap 35: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Siem Reap 30: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Siem Reap 38: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Siem Reap 32: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights 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

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 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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Where the figures come from

Siem Reap has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBogotaSiem Reap
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 m18 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaSiem Reap
City population8,034,649147,866
People per km²5,092-
Museums within 10 km306
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.