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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Bogota for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Bilbao 45, Bogota 5: Bilbao leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Bogota 66: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Bogota 68: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Bogota 72: Bogota leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Bogota 64: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Bogota 52: Bilbao leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Bogota 45: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Bogota 36: Bilbao leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Bogota 52: Bogota leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Bogota 77: Bogota leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Bogota 64: Bogota leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Bogota 28: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Bogota.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoBogota

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoBogota
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
Elevation19 m2,582 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoBogota
City population351,1248,034,649
People per km²8,4405,092
Museums within 10 km1730
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.