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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Whistler?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Whistler 40: Bogota leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Whistler 20: Bogota leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Whistler 42: Bogota leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Whistler 30: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Whistler 30: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Whistler 12: Bogota leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Whistler 15: Bogota leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Whistler.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
12 hdaylight a day

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaWhistler
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number123911
Elevation2,582 m670 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaWhistler
City population8,034,64913,982
People per km²5,09258
Museums within 10 km301
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.