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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bogota or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Muscat 44: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Muscat 55: Bogota leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Muscat 14: Bogota leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Muscat 62: Muscat leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Muscat 52: Muscat leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Muscat 20: Bogota leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Muscat 42: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Muscat 45: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Muscat 40: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Muscat.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaMuscat
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+4
Emergency number123968
Elevation2,582 m69 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaMuscat
City population8,034,6491,421,409
People per km²5,092406
Museums within 10 km3010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.