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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Tokyo 48: Bogota leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaTokyo
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 m6 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaTokyo
City population8,034,64914,264,798
People per km²5,0926,501
Museums within 10 km30192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.