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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Bogota or Seattle?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Seattle for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bogota and Seattle are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Seattle 50: Bogota leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Seattle 55: Bogota leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota and Seattle are level on 52.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Seattle 22: Bogota leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Seattle.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaSeattle
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number123911
Elevation2,582 m40 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaSeattle
City population8,034,649737,015
People per km²5,0921,996
Museums within 10 km3027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.