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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Bogota?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Bogota for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Bogota’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. Alicante 82, Bogota 5: Alicante leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Bogota 66: Alicante leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Bogota 68: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Bogota 72: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Bogota 64: Bogota leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Bogota 52: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Bogota 45: Alicante leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Bogota 36: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Bogota 52: Bogota leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Bogota 77: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Bogota 64: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Bogota 28: Alicante leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Bogota.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Bogota
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBogota
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation3 m2,582 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBogota
City population366,2218,034,649
People per km²1,8195,092
Museums within 10 km830
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.