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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bogotá
Bogotá climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation914 mm235 wet days a year
4.61° N, 74.08° WElevation 2,582 mUTC−5 · Colombia Standard Time
When to goBogotá · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low19° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bogotá has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 20° and nights 10°. June is the coolest month, with highs of 18° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 914 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (106 mm, 26 wet days) and January the driest (43 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 45% in January to 73% in April.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 20° · September
- Coldest nights
- 10° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 45% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 23 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 51 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 19° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 19° |
| Average low | 10° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 43 mm | 56 mm | 81 mm | 113 mm | 106 mm | 63 mm | 55 mm | 47 mm | 57 mm | 113 mm | 118 mm | 62 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9 | 11.1 | 19.2 | 23.5 | 25.6 | 24.1 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 19 | 23.6 | 21.5 | 14.7 |
| Cloud cover | 45% | 51% | 60% | 73% | 73% | 67% | 60% | 58% | 61% | 67% | 65% | 51% |
| Daylight | 11h 53 | 11h 59 | 12h 05 | 12h 13 | 12h 20 | 12h 23 | 12h 22 | 12h 16 | 12h 09 | 12h 01 | 11h 55 | 11h 51 |
| Month score | 73 | 65 | 54 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 58 |
ivMonth by month
Bogotá in every month
January73
19° / 10°
43 mm · 9 wet days
February65
19° / 10°
56 mm · 11.1 wet days
March54
19° / 11°
81 mm · 19.2 wet days
April49
18° / 11°
113 mm · 23.5 wet days
May48
18° / 11°
106 mm · 25.6 wet days
June49
18° / 10°
63 mm · 24.1 wet days
July54
18° / 10°
55 mm · 22.5 wet days
August55
19° / 10°
47 mm · 21.3 wet days
September54
20° / 10°
57 mm · 19 wet days
October52
19° / 10°
113 mm · 23.6 wet days
November52
18° / 10°
118 mm · 21.5 wet days
December58
19° / 10°
62 mm · 14.7 wet days