Climate averages 1991–2020
Bogotá weather
in September.
A mild, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Bogotá: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soacha (15 km away). In September its highs average 20.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bogotá, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Bogotá ranks joint 43rd of 46 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 46 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Bogotá is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Soacha in SeptemberColombia · 15 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Chía in SeptemberColombia · 28 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in SeptemberColombia · 44 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in SeptemberColombia · 47 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Villavicencio in SeptemberColombia · 73 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 45 mm rain
- La Dorada in SeptemberColombia · 113 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Ibagué in SeptemberColombia · 126 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 217 mm rain
- Sogamoso in SeptemberColombia · 177 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 68 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.