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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Bogota or Seoul?

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

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

Choose Seoul for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Seoul leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Seoul 50: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Seoul 63: Bogota leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Seoul.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

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

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaSeoul
Official languageSpanishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Won (KRW)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+9
Emergency number123Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation2,582 m38 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaSeoul
City population8,034,6499,668,465
People per km²5,09215,973
Museums within 10 km3081
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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.