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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

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

Bogota or Ubud?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Ubud 60: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Ubud 58: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Ubud 15: Bogota leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Ubud 10: Bogota leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota and Ubud are level on 52.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Ubud 47: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 68 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Ubud.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and beaches 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaUbud
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m210 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaUbud
City population8,034,649-
People per km²5,092-
Museums within 10 km3014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.