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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bogota or Dubrovnik?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubrovnik’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, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Dubrovnik 47: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Dubrovnik 72: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Dubrovnik 37: Bogota leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Dubrovnik 70: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Dubrovnik 66: Dubrovnik leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Dubrovnik 50: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Dubrovnik 60: Dubrovnik leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Dubrovnik 25: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Dubrovnik 28: Bogota leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Dubrovnik 25: Bogota leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Dubrovnik 32: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Dubrovnik.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Dubrovnik
49match

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaDubrovnik
Official languageSpanishCroatian
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 m10 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaDubrovnik
City population8,034,64941,562
People per km²5,092-
Museums within 10 km307
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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.