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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Bogota for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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. Amsterdam 25, Bogota 5: Amsterdam leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Bogota 66: Bogota leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Bogota 68: Amsterdam leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Bogota 72: Amsterdam leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Bogota 64: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Bogota 52: Amsterdam leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Bogota 45: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Bogota 36: Amsterdam leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Bogota 52: Amsterdam leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Bogota 77: Bogota leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Bogota 64: Amsterdam leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Bogota 28: Amsterdam leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Bogota.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices 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.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamBogota
Official languageDutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation-2 m2,582 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamBogota
City population921,4688,034,649
People per km²4,2085,092
Museums within 10 km10130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.