Best time to visit Colombia

3 destinations in Colombia, each scored month by month, side by side.

Bogota — i

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January and August are the best months: each a sweet spot at every one of these 3 places.

The destinations

Month by month

Place	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bogota	19°	19°	19°	19°	18°	18°	17°	18°	19°	19°	19°	19°
Cartagena	32°	32°	32°	32°	31°	30°	31°	31°	30°	29°	30°	31°
Medellín	25°	26°	26°	25°	25°	25°	26°	26°	26°	24°	24°	25°
Sweet spots	3	2	0	2	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	1

Place

Sweet spots

Sweet spot
Good
OK
Avoid
Busy

Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high, from the same ten years of climate readings its page is built from. A dot marks a busy month. The last row counts the sweet spots, and the best months are marked.

Before you go

Cost of living	very cheap — prices run about 38% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
Currency	Colombian peso
Languages	Spanish
Plugs	Type A and B, 110 V
Driving	On the right
Calling code	+57
Travel advice	avoid all but essential travel to parts — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-10-06
Health	UK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-07. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival

Apps — Rides: Cabify, DiDi, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
Paying — Cards work in most hotels, restaurants and malls in big cities; carry small notes for markets, small shops and the countryside. Locals also pay by phone with Nequi or Daviplata.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Getting around Bogota — A tullave card on TransMilenio, SITP buses and TransMiCable; buy it and top it up at TransMilenio stations.
Tipping — Better restaurants usually add a 10% service charge; if not, add about 10%. Taxi drivers are not usually tipped; round up if you like.
Emergency — police and ambulance 123 · fire 119.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

Sources (16)

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Colombia as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.