Understanding the Climate in Bogotá and Colombia: Weather, Rainy Seasons, and Climate Variations

Climate information is increasingly relevant to society. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)

Spring, summer, autumn or winter, nowadays it doesn’t matter what season of the year it is, given the recent climate change that makes an afternoon of scorching sun turn into a storm in the blink of an eye.

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Checking the weather has become a habit among many people to know what clothes to wear, what shoes to choose, plan a trip or decide whether or not to carry an umbrella. Below we present the weather in Bogotá for this Thursday.

During the day the temperature will reach a maximum of 22 degrees, the probability of rain will be 65%, with 92% cloudiness, while wind gusts will be 30 kilometers per hour.

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As for ultraviolet rays, they are expected to reach a level of up to 7.

For the night, the temperature will reach 11 degrees, while the precipitation forecast will be 55%, with 94% cloud cover, while wind gusts will reach 15 kilometers per hour at night.

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Being located in the Eastern mountain range of Colombia, that is, in the Andean zone of the country, Bogotá has a mainly cold and dry climate.

The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) assures that the city has an average temperature of 13.1 degrees Celsius.

During the day, the maximum temperature ranges between 18 and 20 degrees Celsius; while at night, the low temperature decreases between 8 and 10 degrees Celsius.

However, at the beginning of the year, temperatures can drop to minus 5 degrees Celsius.

Bogotá has two distinct rainy seasons: from March to June and from September to December, with April being the month with the most rain. During these times, everything from torrential rains to hail and electric shocks happen.

For its part, the dry season runs from January to February, as well as from July to August, with the first month of the year being the driest. During these times there are sunny and hot days, with a blue sky and few clouds.

The Colombian capital has cold and dry weather. (Bogota City Hall)

The weather in Colombia is very diverse, the climate is altered due to its geographical complexity such as the coasts of the Caribbean Sea to the North, the current of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the mountain ranges that cross it through the center from north to south.

According to IDEAM there are at least four types of climate in the country: tropical, dry, temperate and cold high mountain.

In the case of tropical climates, four subtypes are identified: rainforest or equatorial, rainforest or monsoon, savannah with dry winter and savanna with dry summer.

The tropical rain forest or equatorial covers areas such as the center and north of the Amazon, the entire Pacific Region, parts of Antioquia, western Santander, Boyacá and Cundinamarca, the Catatumbo area and the Amazon foothills. While the tropical rain forest or monsoon reaches the plain foothills and the southern extremes of the Caribbean region.

The savannah with dry winter includes most of the Caribbean and Orinoquia region, as well as the low areas in Santander and Antioquia. As for the savannah with dry summer. adds the inter-Andean valleys in Tolima, Huila, Valle, Cauca and Nariño.

For the dry climate, in Colombia the very hot arid or desert and the very hot semi-arid or steppe are perceived. The first is perceived in the upper part of Guajira and the second in the middle and lower zone of the same department plus sectors of the Caribbean coast.

The temperate climate is felt in the middle and lower areas of the three mountain ranges of the Colombian country; while the high mountain cold, as its name suggests, in the upper levels of the three mountain ranges.

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