Best: Jan-Feb, Jun-Jul
Two separate wet seasons shape the year here, roughly around April and October, with drier, more reliable stretches in between rather than one long wet or dry season. In July, expect highs around 18°C with rain on roughly 8 days of the month.
The Gold Museum and the cobbled streets of La Candelaria anchor the historic center, and the cable car up Monserrate gives a sweeping view over the whole city. A day trip to the Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral — an entire church carved into an underground salt mine — is one of Colombia's more unusual sights. La Candelaria's street art and graffiti tours are worth a couple of hours, and the Botero Museum houses works the artist donated to his home country.
Try ajiaco, a hearty Bogotá chicken and potato soup, alongside a cup of Colombian coffee — the country is one of the world's great coffee producers, and it's grown in the hills just outside the city.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect mild days around 20°/9°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 20°/9°C, with occasional rain (~9 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/10°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/10°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/10°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/10°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 18°/9°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/9°C, with frequent rain (~10 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/10°C, with frequent rain (~12 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/10°C, with very wet conditions (~16 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 18°/10°C, with very wet conditions (~17 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/9°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).