Bogota weather in July

In July, Bogota sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 37 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bogota's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bogota's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 37 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:55 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Bogota is capital city of Colombia.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 12.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 4,863/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1538

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Bogota reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	16	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	9
19	16	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	16	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	9
31	17	9

Bogota weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 9°	69	17.3	11.8	4.8
Feb	18° / 9°	89	18.2	11.8	4.5
Mar	18° / 10°	132	22.4	12	4.0
Apr	18° / 10°	140	21.5	12.1	3.9
May	17° / 10°	91	18.1	12.2	4.3
Jun	17° / 9°	43	12.5	12.3	4.6
Jul	16° / 9°	37	11.7	12.2	4.7
Aug	17° / 9°	23	7.6	12.2	5.4
Sep	18° / 9°	33	10.8	12	5.4
Oct	18° / 9°	99	18.8	11.9	4.4
Nov	18° / 10°	127	22.2	11.8	4.0
Dec	18° / 9°	83	19.3	11.7	4.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11
Cloudier (%)	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	8	92
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	11	89

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Bogota gets around 37 mm of rain over 11.7 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	38
13	38
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	31
31	31

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
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25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:52	6:08
2	12.3	5:52	6:08
3	12.3	5:52	6:08
4	12.3	5:52	6:08
5	12.3	5:53	6:08
6	12.3	5:53	6:08
7	12.3	5:53	6:08
8	12.3	5:53	6:09
9	12.3	5:53	6:09
10	12.3	5:54	6:09
11	12.3	5:54	6:09
12	12.3	5:54	6:09
13	12.2	5:54	6:09
14	12.2	5:54	6:09
15	12.2	5:54	6:09
16	12.2	5:55	6:09
17	12.2	5:55	6:09
18	12.2	5:55	6:09
19	12.2	5:55	6:09
20	12.2	5:55	6:09
21	12.2	5:55	6:09
22	12.2	5:55	6:09
23	12.2	5:56	6:09
24	12.2	5:56	6:09
25	12.2	5:56	6:09
26	12.2	5:56	6:09
27	12.2	5:56	6:09
28	12.2	5:56	6:09
29	12.2	5:56	6:09
30	12.2	5:56	6:09
31	12.2	5:56	6:09

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in September across the year — July's 4.06 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bogota?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Bogota for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bogota in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Bogota sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Bogota in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bogota peaks around February 21 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	17	17	15	14	14	13	14	15	14	13	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	15	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Bogota in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bogota is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Bogota's WHO annual average of 12.7 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	15	17	15	12	10	9	11	13	13	12	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	12	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bogota?

Bogota sits at 4.6°N, 74.1°W, 2,582 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Kennedy, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Bogota

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bogota.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bogota has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 641 m around an average of 2,619 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,563 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,996 m.

The land around Bogota is covered by artificial surfaces (82%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (38%), trees (32%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

641 m

artificial surfaces 82%

16 km

1,563 m

artificial surfaces 38%

80 km

3,996 m

trees 58%

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← June Bogota year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Kennedy 7.0 km · Soacha 15 km · Funza 19 km · Mosquera 20 km · Cota 22 km · Sibaté 24 km · Madrid 24 km · Chía 28 km

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

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

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bogota (4.6097°, -74.0817°, elevation 2,582 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	16	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	9
19	16	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	16	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	8	92
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	38
13	38
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	16	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	9
19	16	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	16	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	8	92
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	38
13	38
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	16	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	9
16	16	9
17	16	9
18	16	9
19	16	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	16	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	8	92
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	8	92
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	38
13	38
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	32
29	32
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100