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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Bogota or Cork?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Cork for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’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, Cork 25: Cork leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Cork 58: Bogota leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Cork 40: Bogota leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Cork 40: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Cork 62: Bogota leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Cork 68: Cork leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Cork 50: Cork leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Cork 58: Cork leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Cork 40: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Cork 33: Bogota leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Cork 45: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Cork 22: Bogota leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Cork.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Cork
45match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaCork
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m0 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaCork
City population8,034,649222,333
People per km²5,0925,961
Museums within 10 km305
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.