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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Bogota or London?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, London 84: London leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, London 94: London leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, London 88: London leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, London 57: Bogota leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, London 90: London leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, London 82: London leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, London 85: London leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, London 95: London leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, London 15: Bogota leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, London 98: London leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, London 40: London leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and London.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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
12 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaLondon
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 m4 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaLondon
City population8,034,6498,799,728
People per km²5,0925,598
Museums within 10 km30216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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. 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.