According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Colombia is March to April, June, September and November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Colombia
- Best months
- March to April, June, September and November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- South America
What Colombia is best for
Explore Cartagena's colonial walled city, the towering wax palms of Cocora Valley, and Tayrona National Park.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Colombia by month
Monthly averages around Bogotá; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 19 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| February | about 20 °C | some rain (75 mm) |
| March best | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (126 mm) |
| April best | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (210 mm) |
| May | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (201 mm) |
| June best | about 18 °C | a lot of rain (162 mm) |
| July | about 18 °C | a lot of rain (129 mm) |
| August | about 18 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| September best | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (102 mm) |
| October | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (180 mm) |
| November best | about 18 °C | a lot of rain (165 mm) |
| December | about 19 °C | some rain (99 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Colombia
- Capital
- Bogotá
- Language
- Spanish
- Currency
- Colombian Peso (COP)
- Time
- UTC−5
- Plugs
- Type A, B · 110 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +57
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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