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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bogota or Fort Lauderdale?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Fort Lauderdale 47: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Fort Lauderdale 28: Bogota leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Fort Lauderdale 52: Bogota leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Fort Lauderdale 62: Bogota leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Fort Lauderdale 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Fort Lauderdale 32: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota and Fort Lauderdale are level on 52.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Fort Lauderdale 32: Bogota leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Fort Lauderdale 42: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaFort Lauderdale
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number123911
Elevation2,582 m11 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaFort Lauderdale
City population8,034,649182,760
People per km²5,0921,829
Museums within 10 km306
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.