Colombia weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall across Colombia, based on 30 years of climate data.

Best: early July to mid October

The average temperature in Colombia is around 13° across the year, though it swings month to month and from region to region. The figures below show the monthly pattern for Bogota.

Hottest
Jan
18°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Apr
140 mm
Driest
Aug
23 mm
Annual avg
13°
year-round
Rain / yr
965 mm
200 wet days
Largest city
Bogota
7,674k people
Cities
321
with climate data

Monthly climate (Bogota)

Average highs, lows and rainfall through the year for Bogota, Colombia's largest city.

MonthHigh / LowRainfallWet days
Jan18° / 69 mm17.3
Feb18° / 89 mm18.2
Mar18° / 10°132 mm22.4
Apr18° / 10°140 mm21.5
May17° / 10°91 mm18.1
Jun17° / 43 mm12.5
Jul16° / 37 mm11.7
Aug17° / 23 mm7.6
Sep18° / 33 mm10.8
Oct18° / 99 mm18.8
Nov18° / 10°127 mm22.2
Dec18° / 83 mm19.3

Weather across Colombia

Climate varies from region to region. Cartagena is the warmest of these cities, averaging 28° — about 15° warmer than Bogota, the coolest.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecCartagenaBarranquillaCúcutaCaliMedellinBogota
CityThrough the yearAvgWarmestBest month
Bogota
Bogota D.C.
13°13° (Jan)Aug
Cali
Valle del Cauca Department
22°22° (Jan)Jul
Medellin
Antioquia
17°18° (Aug)Jan
Barranquilla
Atlantico
27°28° (Jun)Jan
Cartagena
Bolivar
28°28° (Feb)Jan
Cúcuta
Norte de Santander Department
27°28° (Jun)Jan

Climate in Bogota

Full Bogota forecast

Bogota is the largest city in Colombia; its cloud cover, humidity, wind and sunshine are typical of the surrounding region.

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast through the year.

In Bogota, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 7 and lasts for 2.7 months, ending around February 27. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 17% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around February 28 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around July 9. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 98% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 1 · 20%May 8 · 1%partly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHumidity comfort

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Bogota is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 21 · 6 km/hNov 16 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr4calm
May5calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep5calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Colombia

A 0–10 score combining daytime comfort, chance of rain and cloud cover — the sweet spot runs early July to mid October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bogota receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 3.9 and 5.2 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightSep 155.2 kWhJun 253.9 kWh

Where is Colombia?

Colombia sits around 4.6°N, 74.1°W. The marker shows Bogota, its largest city, among 321 cities with climate data here.

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,562
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
74%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
15.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 480
Religion
Roman Catholic 64%Protestant 17%none 14%atheist 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

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