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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Mombasa?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Mombasa 60: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Mombasa 55: Bogota leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Mombasa 46: Bogota leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Mombasa 45: Bogota leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bogota and Mombasa are level on 45.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Mombasa 30: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Mombasa 35: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Mombasa 70: Bogota leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Mombasa 22: Bogota leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bogota
52match

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

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaMombasa
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+3
Emergency number123Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation2,582 m50 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaMombasa
City population8,034,6491,208,333
People per km²5,0924,100
Museums within 10 km300
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.