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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Bogota or Madrid?

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 Madrid for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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 and Madrid are level on 5.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Madrid 60: Bogota leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Madrid 50: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Madrid 36: Madrid leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Madrid.

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.

Madrid
Best match
66match

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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 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). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaMadrid
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m663 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaMadrid
City population8,034,6493,506,730
People per km²5,0925,801
Museums within 10 km3088
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. 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.