Climate averages 1991–2020
Bogotá weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Bogotá: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soacha (15 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Bogotá, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Bogotá ranks 41st of 46 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 46 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Bogotá is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bogotá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 17.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 19.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 90 | 18.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 18.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 132 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 140 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 91 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 43 | 12.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 37 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 23 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 33 | 10.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 18.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 99 | 18.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 127 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 83 | 19.3 | 11.912 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Soacha in AugustColombia · 15 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Chía in AugustColombia · 28 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in AugustColombia · 44 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in AugustColombia · 47 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Villavicencio in AugustColombia · 73 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 43 mm rain
- La Dorada in AugustColombia · 113 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Ibagué in AugustColombia · 126 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Sogamoso in AugustColombia · 177 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 63 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bogotá) is explained once on the Bogotá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.