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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bogota or Yogyakarta?

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
  • families

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Yogyakarta 62: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota and Yogyakarta are level on 68.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Yogyakarta 32: Bogota leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Yogyakarta 40: Bogota leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Yogyakarta 35: Bogota leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota and Yogyakarta are level on 52.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Yogyakarta 58: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

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

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and 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
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °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

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBogotaYogyakarta
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m113 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaYogyakarta
City population8,034,649422,732
People per km²5,09213,007
Museums within 10 km3038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.