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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bogota or Edinburgh?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Edinburgh for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Edinburgh’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, Edinburgh 22: Edinburgh leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Edinburgh 53: Bogota leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Edinburgh 75: Edinburgh leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Edinburgh 50: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Edinburgh 75: Edinburgh leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Edinburgh 75: Edinburgh leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Edinburgh 62: Edinburgh leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Edinburgh 74: Edinburgh leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Edinburgh 50: Bogota leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Edinburgh 30: Bogota leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Edinburgh 72: Edinburgh leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Edinburgh 34: Edinburgh leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Edinburgh.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Edinburgh
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaEdinburgh
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number123112 or 999
Elevation2,582 m47 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaEdinburgh
City population8,034,649488,050
People per km²5,0921,884
Museums within 10 km3032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.