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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Colombo or Cordoba?

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 Colombo for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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. Colombo 55, Cordoba 14: Colombo leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Colombo 66, Cordoba 62: Colombo leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Cordoba 45: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Cordoba 68: Cordoba leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo 45, Cordoba 38: Colombo leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Cordoba 63: Colombo leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo 30, Cordoba 47: Cordoba leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo 48, Cordoba 40: Colombo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Cordoba.

Your match

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

Colombo
46match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ColomboCordoba

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboCordoba
Official languageTamil, SinhalaSpanish
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation1 m120 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureColomboCordoba
City population647,557323,262
People per km²17,361258
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.