Climate averages 1991–2020

Bogotá weather
in January.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 10.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 69 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Bogotá: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Soacha (15 km away). In January its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Bogotá, with 209 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Bogotá ranks 43rd of 46 for the warmest January highs and 25th of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Bogotá is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 90 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bogotá, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Bogotá

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 limits

How 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.