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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Bogota or Lisbon?

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

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Lisbon 55: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Lisbon 60: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaLisbon
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m100 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaLisbon
City population8,034,649545,796
People per km²5,0925,453
Museums within 10 km3080
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. 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.