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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Osaka or Santa Marta?

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 Osaka for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Santa Marta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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. Osaka 34, Santa Marta 70: Santa Marta leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Santa Marta 44: Osaka leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Santa Marta 34: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Santa Marta 50: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Santa Marta 84: Santa Marta leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Santa Marta 38: Osaka leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Santa Marta 40: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Santa Marta 38: Osaka leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Santa Marta 27: Osaka leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Santa Marta 80: Santa Marta leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Santa Marta 17: Osaka leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Santa Marta 30: Osaka leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Santa Marta.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsakaSanta Marta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaSanta Marta
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119123
Elevation20 m8 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaSanta Marta
City population2,751,862505,915
People per km²12,3401,723
Museums within 10 km443
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.