Bogotá
Capital of Colombia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Centro internacional: Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bogotá is the capital of Colombia, in Bogota D.C.. About 7.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Colombia in our atlas.
It lies at 4.61° N, 74.08° W, about 2,582 m (8,471 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Bogota time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bogotá. Green dots: other major cities of Colombia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bogotá has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 25°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 13°C (55°F). Around 1,624 mm (64 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ColombiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Soacha · 15 km
- Ibagué · 126 km
- Medellín · 245 km
- Bucaramanga · 299 km
- Cali · 300 km
- Cúcuta · 405 km
- Montería · 501 km
- Valledupar · 656 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3688689 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2841 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Centro internacional: Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- BOG Museo del Oro: Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2017 Bogotá Basílica del Señor Caído de Monserrate: Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Campus urbano de la Universidad de los Andes: Felipe Ortega Grijalba, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Entrada Principal del Museo Nacional de Colombia: Peter Angritt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plaza de Bolívar en Bogotá (Colombia): Javierleiva, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo Botero, Boteromuseum 03: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MAMBO Detalles esquina nororiental: Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Guadalupe Bogotá: Mussi Katz, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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