VacationSelector
The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Bogota or Rotterdam?

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
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Rotterdam leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Rotterdam 52: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Rotterdam 58: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Rotterdam 52: Bogota leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Rotterdam 44: Bogota leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Rotterdam 55: Rotterdam leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Rotterdam 38: Bogota leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Rotterdam 58: Bogota leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Rotterdam 42: Rotterdam leads by 14 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Rotterdam.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°5°10°15°20°25°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0255075100125JFMAMJJASOND
BogotaRotterdam

Where the figures come from

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaRotterdam
Official languageSpanishDutch
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m10 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaRotterdam
City population8,034,649664,311
People per km²5,0922,080
Museums within 10 km3040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bogota or Rotterdam somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.