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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Bogota for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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. Auckland 68, Bogota 5: Auckland leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Bogota 66: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Bogota 68: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Bogota 72: Bogota leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Bogota 64: Auckland leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Bogota 52: Auckland leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Bogota 45: Auckland leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Bogota 36: Auckland leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Bogota 52: Bogota leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Bogota 77: Bogota leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Bogota 64: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Bogota 28: Auckland leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Bogota.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Auckland
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandBogota
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriSpanish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number111123
Elevation196 m2,582 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandBogota
City population1,470,1008,034,649
People per km²2,6305,092
Museums within 10 km1530
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Bogota 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.