Climate averages 1991–2020

Bogotá weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 11.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 132 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Bogotá: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Soacha (15 km away). In March its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Bogotá, with 281 mm of rain.

Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Bogotá ranks 43rd of 46 for the warmest March highs and 22nd of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Bogotá is 8.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 140 mm.

The annual picture

March 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	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, selected	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

March 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.