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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bogota or Toledo?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toledo for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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 and Toledo are level on 5.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Toledo 40: Bogota leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Toledo 22: Bogota leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Toledo 40: Bogota leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bogota and Toledo are level on 45.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Toledo 32: Bogota leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Toledo 58: Bogota leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Toledo 22: Bogota leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Toledo 30: Toledo leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Toledo.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

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

Toledo
43match

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaToledo
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 m523 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaToledo
City population8,034,64987,216
People per km²5,092376
Museums within 10 km3013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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.