Climate averages 1991–2020
Bogotá weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Bogotá: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soacha (15 km away). In December its highs average 18.4°C, about as warm as Bogotá, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Bogotá ranks 43rd of 46 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Bogotá is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Soacha in DecemberColombia · 15 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Chía in DecemberColombia · 28 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in DecemberColombia · 44 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in DecemberColombia · 47 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Villavicencio in DecemberColombia · 73 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 153 mm rain
- La Dorada in DecemberColombia · 113 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Ibagué in DecemberColombia · 126 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Sogamoso in DecemberColombia · 177 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 49 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.