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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bogota or Dublin?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Dublin for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Dublin 50: Bogota leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Dublin 64: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Dublin 62: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Dublin 20: Bogota leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Dublin 25: Bogota leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Dublin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bogota
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Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaDublin
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 m20 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaDublin
City population8,034,649592,713
People per km²5,0925,154
Museums within 10 km3040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.