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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bogota or Windhoek?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Bogota leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Windhoek 36: Bogota leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Windhoek 30: Bogota leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Windhoek 25: Bogota leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Windhoek 52: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Windhoek 14: Bogota leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Windhoek 30: Bogota leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Windhoek 22: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Windhoek 30: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Windhoek 62: Bogota leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Windhoek 18: Bogota leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

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

Windhoek
29match

Wins on wellness 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m1,650 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaWindhoek
City population8,034,649486,169
People per km²5,09295
Museums within 10 km305
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bogota or Windhoek somewhere new.

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