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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Savannah?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Savannah 58: Bogota leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota and Savannah are level on 68.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Savannah 52: Bogota leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Savannah 48: Bogota leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Savannah 42: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Savannah 35: Bogota leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Savannah 40: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaSavannah
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 m15 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaSavannah
City population8,034,649147,780
People per km²5,092524
Museums within 10 km3019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.