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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bogota or Tromso?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Tromso 36: Bogota leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Tromso 27: Bogota leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Tromso 38: Bogota leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Tromso 14: Bogota leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bogota and Tromso are level on 45.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Tromso 15: Bogota leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Tromso 11: Bogota leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Tromso 32: Bogota leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Tromso.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaTromso
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation2,582 m20 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaTromso
City population8,034,64979,943
People per km²5,09232
Museums within 10 km308
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.