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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Bogota or Cadiz?

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 Bogota for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’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. Bogota 5, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Cadiz 68: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Cadiz 62: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Cadiz 45: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Cadiz 66: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Cadiz 60: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Cadiz 70: Cadiz leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Cadiz 35: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Cadiz 58: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Cadiz 52: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Cadiz 42: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaCadiz
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m11 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaCadiz
City population8,034,649109,950
People per km²5,0929,087
Museums within 10 km3011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.