Bogota month by month
Plan your visit to Bogota by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 57 mm
January is one of Bogota's two driest windows, and that single fact shapes the whole trip. Bogotanos call this stretch verano, their version of summer, though summer at 2,640…
- February
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 110 mm
February in Bogota is the month the rain starts coming back. January's 57mm roughly doubles, and by mid-month you can count on afternoon showers between 14:00 and 17:00 on most…
- March
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 185 mm
March is the wettest month of the year in Bogota. That single fact should shape your expectations before anything else. The city sits at 2,640 meters in the Eastern Cordillera of…
- April
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 159 mm
April in Bogota is wet. Rain hits roughly two-thirds of the month's days, mostly as afternoon showers that clear by evening. The morning hours stay dry for walking La Candelaria or…
- May
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 131 mm
May in Bogota means rain. The city's first temporada de lluvias peaks in March with 185mm, eases through April at 159mm, and by May settles to 131mm across roughly 21 rainy days.…
- June
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 106 mm
June in Bogota means afternoon rain. Showers fall on more than half the days this month, though rainfall is easing from the March and April peaks. Clear mornings give way to clouds…
- July
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 8°C
- Rain
- 62 mm
July in Bogota falls in the veranillo, a dry window between the city's two rainy seasons. After March and April dump close to 185mm and 159mm respectively, July brings roughly a…
- August
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 8°C
- Rain
- 46 mm
August is Bogota's driest stretch of the year. The city sees roughly 46mm of rainfall across about 10 days, less than a quarter of what March delivers. Daytime temperatures hover…
- September
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 8°C
- Rain
- 52 mm
September in Bogota arrives with the veranillo de San Miguel, a dry spell that breaks the city's second rainy season and delivers some of the clearest skies of the year. Rainfall…
- October
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 8°C
- Rain
- 110 mm
October lands in Bogota's second rainy season, and that single fact shapes the entire trip. Afternoon showers roll in on more days than not, building over the Cerros Orientales…
- November
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 149 mm
November in Bogota means rain. The city receives 149mm of precipitation across roughly 22 days this month, second only to March. Afternoon skies darken fast, and the downpours that…
- December
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 8°C
- Rain
- 64 mm
December in Bogota means holiday season at altitude. The city sits 2,640 meters (8,660 feet) above sea level, and the month opens with Día de las Velitas, when millions of candles…