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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Bogota or Hobart?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Hobart for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Hobart 60: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Hobart 56: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Hobart 30: Bogota leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Hobart 38: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Hobart 35: Bogota leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Hobart 45: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Hobart.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaHobart
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number123000
Elevation2,582 m54 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaHobart
City population8,034,649197,451
People per km²5,092116
Museums within 10 km308
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.