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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bogota or Cordoba?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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, Cordoba 14: Cordoba leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Cordoba 62: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Cordoba 40: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Cordoba 45: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Cordoba 40: Bogota leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Cordoba 68: Cordoba leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Cordoba 38: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Cordoba 63: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Cordoba 47: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Cordoba.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bogota
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Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Cordoba
52match

Wins on day trips 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
12 hdaylight a day

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaCordoba
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 m120 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaCordoba
City population8,034,649323,262
People per km²5,092258
Museums within 10 km3016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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. 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.