Colombia
Bogotá in May
🌦️ Shoulder (showers)Pleasant and some showers.
🎒 Pack: light layers · compact umbrella or rain jacket
Why May scores 8.5What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort8.8
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (19°C highs / 10°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 11°C)
- !Wet: ~109 mm rain, ~4 heavy-rain days
- Air quality8.1
- ✓Moderate (PM2.5 ~17 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline5.0
- ·High caution
| May | Aug | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.5 Excellent | 8.8 Excellent |
| Season | 🌦️ Shoulder (showers) | 🌤️ Cool dry season |
| High / low | 19° / 10° | 19° / 8° |
| Rain | 109 mm | 44 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 11° | dew pt 9° |
| PM2.5 | 17 µg/m³ | 13 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Bogotá weather-station normals. Rainfall: Bogotá weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsMay 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- Ascension Day 8–10 May · 3 days off in a row
- Corpus Christi 29–31 May · 3 days off in a row
Other public holidays: Labor Day (1 May)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore BogotáEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyColombia's high-altitude capital, known for its colonial La Candelaria district, gold museum, mountain views and food scene.
FILBo (Bogotá International Book Fair)Date variesUsually late April to early May
A large book fair with talks and events.
Why go: Busy on weekends.
Where: Corferias
Coming up later
Independence DayEvery year20 July every year
Marks the 1810 declaration of independence.
Why go: A public holiday with a military parade.
Where: Citywide
La Candelaria
The historic centre with colonial houses, churches and street art.
Museo del Oro
A museum with a huge collection of pre-Hispanic gold work.
Museo Botero
A museum with Fernando Botero's paintings and his art collection.
Monserrate
A mountaintop church above the city, reached by cable car or funicular.
Usaquén Sunday market
A flea and craft market in a colonial neighbourhood.
Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral
An underground church carved in a salt mine, north of the city.
Ajiaco
A chicken and potato soup with guascas herb.
Changua
A milk and egg soup eaten for breakfast.
Chocolate con queso
Hot chocolate with cheese dropped in.
Tamal tolimense
Corn dough with meat and vegetables wrapped in banana leaves.
Obleas
Thin wafers with arequipe (caramel).
💡 Street vendors
Colombian coffee
Coffee beans from Colombia's growing regions.
💡 Cafés and supermarkets
Emeralds
Colombian emeralds.
💡 Licensed jewellers; avoid street sellers
Wayuu mochilas
Bright woven bags from the Wayuu people.
💡 Craft markets