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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Tel Aviv?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Tel Aviv 57: Bogota leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Tel Aviv 52: Bogota leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Tel Aviv 14: Bogota leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Tel Aviv.

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.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaTel Aviv
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number123Police 100, fire 102
Elevation2,582 m5 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaTel Aviv
City population8,034,649467,875
People per km²5,0928,998
Museums within 10 km3098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

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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.