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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Lyon?

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

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

Choose Lyon for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Lyon’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, Lyon 12: Lyon leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Lyon 58: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota and Lyon are level on 64.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Lyon 42: Bogota leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Lyon 40: Lyon leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Lyon.

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.

Lyon
Best match
60match

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
12 hdaylight a day

Lyon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaLyon
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m160 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaLyon
City population8,034,649519,127
People per km²5,09210,838
Museums within 10 km3043
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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. 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.