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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Seville?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Seville leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Seville 73: Seville leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Seville 82: Seville leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Seville 62: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Seville 52: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Seville 80: Seville leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Seville 55: Seville leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Seville 72: Seville leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Seville 58: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Seville 68: Seville leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Seville 40: Seville leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Seville.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

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
12 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaSeville
Official languageSpanishSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaSeville
City population8,034,649689,423
People per km²5,0924,896
Museums within 10 km3024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. 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.