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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bogota or New York?

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 New York for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: New York leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, New York 92: New York leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, New York 89: New York leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, New York 97: New York leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, New York 55: Bogota leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, New York 68: New York leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, New York 70: New York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, New York 82: New York leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, New York 97: New York leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, New York 12: Bogota leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, New York 99: New York leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, New York 42: New York leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and New York.

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.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaNew York
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number123911
Elevation2,582 m25 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaNew York
City population8,034,6498,804,190
People per km²5,0927,256
Museums within 10 km30157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.