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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Bogota or Montego Bay?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Montego Bay 50: Bogota leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Montego Bay 28: Bogota leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Montego Bay 42: Bogota leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Montego Bay 65: Montego Bay leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Montego Bay 50: Bogota leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Montego Bay 48: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Montego Bay 20: Bogota leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Montego Bay 25: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Montego Bay 38: Bogota leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Montego Bay 32: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaMontego Bay
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5
Emergency number123Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation2,582 m19 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaMontego Bay
City population8,034,649123,994
People per km²5,092-
Museums within 10 km300
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.