Weather in Bogotá in November

Shoulder season. November sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. You should expect rain on 23 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

November ranks 12 of 12 — near the bottom of Bogotá's year. January is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 23 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain on 23 of the month's 30 days, 5 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Pack for 17.9 °C days and 9.6 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 22.3 °C and the coldest night fell to 6.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 36 mm — roughly 22% of the month's rain in one day.

November is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest November on record still delivered 313 mm against 69 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 165 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind is light at 3.3 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 82%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 18.7 °C in October, 17.9 here, 18.5 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain is the thing that moves: December brings 7 days less of it, so pushing the dates later buys drier weather.

Daylight in November

Bogotá sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 11.9 hours in November, against a range of just 0.5 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 11.9 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights. At 2582 m, altitude is doing as much work here as latitude: thinner air means fierce sun by day and heat that leaves the moment it sets.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Bogotá versus nearby

If Bogotá is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Medellín is close enough to be a coin toss — 5.7 °C warmer, 3 days more rain. Cali is the weaker option in November — 11.4 °C warmer, 2 days less rain.

So: November is a compromise. January is 23 points better and is what Bogotá is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

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