When to go · Bogotá
Bogotá in December
Great month. Dry; Christmas lights, busy weekends.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 18° / 9°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 12
- Crowds
- High
- Colombia overall
- Prices
- High
- Colombia overall
Verdict
Dry; Christmas lights, busy weekends.
Weather in December
- BogotáHighs around 18 °C, lows around 9 °C, rain on about 12 days
- Andean cities, Colombia · Bogotá, Villa de Leyva, Zipaquirábest weather
Cool all year (7–19 °C in Bogotá); two rainy seasons, April–May and October–November; bring layers.
Dec–Feb season
The clearest window for Monserrate views; still cool and can still rain.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Alumbrado Navideño and Día de las Velitas check
7–8 December, with lights through the month · Citywide
Christmas lighting displays (Alumbrado Navideño) and the candle-lighting night of Día de las Velitas — see events.
Día de las Velitas (Day of the Little Candles)
7–8 Dec
Streets and windows fill with candles the night before Immaculate Conception; a warm, family evening, but book restaurants ahead.
Immaculate Conception (Noche de Velitas 7 Dec) and Christmas big impact
8 Dec and 25 Dec · Colombia
Candle night, lights and holidays until mid-January.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Colombia overall
- High
- Prices · Colombia overall
- High
Colombia overall: Dry season returns; Medellín's Christmas lights; coast sells out.
High-price month: see what to book ahead.
What to pack
- A warm layer for the evenings
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast