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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Bogota or Valletta?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Valletta 55: Bogota leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Valletta 46: Bogota leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Valletta 56: Bogota leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Valletta 38: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Valletta 50: Bogota leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Valletta 44: Bogota leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Valletta 32: Valletta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Valletta.

Your match

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

Bogota
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BogotaValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaValletta
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2,582 m56 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaValletta
City population8,034,6495,197
People per km²5,0926,496
Museums within 10 km3016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.