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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Bogota or Wellington?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Wellington 62: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Wellington 44: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Wellington 45: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Wellington 40: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Wellington 42: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Wellington 33: Bogota leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Wellington 56: Bogota leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Wellington 30: Wellington leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Wellington.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on getting around 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaWellington
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number123111
Elevation2,582 m0 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaWellington
City population8,034,649216,200
People per km²5,092487
Museums within 10 km3012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.