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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Orlando?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Orlando 48: Bogota leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Orlando 22: Bogota leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Orlando 40: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Orlando 46: Bogota leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Orlando 8: Bogota leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Orlando 36: Bogota leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Orlando 40: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Orlando 32: Orlando leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Orlando.

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.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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
12 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaOrlando
City population8,034,649334,854
People per km²5,0921,086
Museums within 10 km3011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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.