Soacha
City in Colombia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Soacha is a city in Colombia, in Cundinamarca. About 655,025 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Colombia in our atlas.
It lies at 4.58° N, 74.22° W, about 2,565 m (8,415 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Bogota time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Soacha. Green dots: other major cities of Colombia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Soacha 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
- Bogotá · 15 km
- Ibagué · 110 km
- Medellín · 238 km
- Cali · 285 km
- Bucaramanga · 308 km
- Cúcuta · 415 km
- Montería · 498 km
- Cartagena · 661 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3667905 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q23681854 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.