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Bogotá weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends

Colombia's high-Andean capital enjoys a cool, spring-like climate the year round: never hot despite sitting near the equator, its mild days and crisp nights set by altitude rather than season. Bogotá weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, records and how the climate has changed since 1940.

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Overcast

Right now

13.2°

12°feels like
77%humidity
9°dew point
9 km/hfrom SE
UV index0.0
sunrise05:41sunset17:41day length12h 01m
SatOvercast20°11°
TodayOvercast19°11°
MonOvercast21°10°
TueOvercast20°12°
WedOvercast19°12°
ThuOvercast20°11°
FriPartly cloudy20°12°

On this date: October 18

Today (forecast)
20° / 11°
Average for October 18
19° / 10°

High near average · +1.2°C

  • Record high: 22.4° · 1990
  • Record low: 7.1° · 1945
  • One year ago: 16° / 11°

Every October 18 in history, coldest to hottest

▲ Daily highs▼ Daily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 18 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.

Area we sample

Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.

Location & data

Historical weather for Bogotá is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 4.61°N, 74.08°W, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
4.61°N, 74.08°W
Time zone
America/Bogota
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

31 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +1.2°C.

Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.

This date over the years

One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.

Climate overview

Bogotá has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cfb): although it lies near the equator, its great altitude high in the Colombian Andes makes it cool and spring-like all year rather than tropical. Every month averages well below lowland warmth, days are mild and nights chilly, and the thin, elevated air brings a high day-to-night temperature swing.

Instead of summer and winter, the year alternates between drier and rainier spells (the driest months fall around December–January and July–August, and March is the warmest). It is altitude, not the calendar, that governs the city's weather.

The warmest month is March, with typical afternoon highs of 18.7°C and nights around 10.4°C. At the other extreme, July brings afternoon highs of about 17.0°C and typical overnight lows of 9.7°C. Frost is essentially unknown.

Bogotá picks up roughly 1,148 mm a year, with a peak of 165 mm in April and as little as 32 mm in August.

Comparing the record's first decade with its most recent one, Bogotá now averages 1.4°C warmer than it did in the 1940s. Recent years have brought more rain as well. The last decade sits roughly 13% over the long-term average.

Sources:en.wikipedia.orgbritannica.com

Climate graph (climograph)

March is the warmest month, July the coolest: a yearly swing of 1°C. Wettest month: April (~165 mm). Whole year averages ~1,148 mm of rain.

Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).

Monthly wind

Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.

Monthly solar energy

Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.

Bogotá month by month: what to expect

Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Record high/low are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightRecord highRecord low
January18.8°9.5°86 mm11.8 h24.5° (1964)3.1° (1977)
February18.9°9.9°103 mm11.9 h25.4° (1964)3.3° (1985)
March18.7°10.4°144 mm12.0 h24.6° (2005)5.2° (1964)
April18.2°10.7°165 mm12.1 h23.3° (1958)7.1° (2017)
May17.9°10.6°117 mm12.2 h21.9° (2010)7.2° (2008)
June17.2°10.1°62 mm12.3 h21.9° (1958)6.7° (1983)
July17.0°9.7°47 mm12.2 h21.7° (1980)5.5° (1985)
August17.9°9.5°32 mm12.2 h22.4° (1980)2.0° (1978)
September18.7°9.6°43 mm12.0 h23.5° (1957)5.6° (1956)
October18.7°9.9°116 mm11.9 h24.1° (1957)5.7° (1964)
November18.7°10.0°137 mm11.8 h23.3° (1963)5.7° (1944)
December18.7°9.8°97 mm11.7 h24.0° (1962)4.0° (1989)

How it's changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +1.4°C.

Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer

Annual mean temperature

Long-term trend: +0.18°C per decade.

One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Seasonal warming

Dec–Feb is warming fastest: +0.19°C per decade.

Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Hot days vs frost days

Days ≥ 25°C per year: 0.0 early in the record → 0.0 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.

Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.

Yearly hot & cold extremes

All-time high in 1964, all-time low in 1978: 25.4°C / 2.0°C.

One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~1,148 mm/year on average. Last decade: +13% vs that average. Long-term trend: +2 mm per decade.

One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).

Day-by-day grid

Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).

Frequently asked questions about Bogotá

Which is the warmest month in Bogotá?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Bogotá is March (mean daily temperature of about 13.9°C) and the coolest is July (about 12.8°C).
How does today's temperature in Bogotá compare to the historical average?
On October 18, 2026, Bogotá is forecast to reach a high of 19.9°C and a low of 10.5°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 18.7°C and a low of 9.7°C, so today's high is 1.2°C warmer than that average.
How much has Bogotá warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Bogotá is about 1.4°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Bogotá?
Bogotá receives about 1,148 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with April typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Bogotá?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Bogotá is about 13.5°C. The warmest month is March and the coolest is July.
What are the average temperatures in Bogotá by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Bogotá (°C, full record since 1940): January 19°/10°, February 19°/10°, March 19°/10°, April 18°/11°, May 18°/11°, June 17°/10°, July 17°/10°, August 18°/10°, September 19°/10°, October 19°/10°, November 19°/10°, December 19°/10°.

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