Temperature, probability of rain, cloudiness and ultraviolet rays are some of the data you should know before leaving home. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez)
As a result of climate change, variations in the weather are more constant, which means that, in a single day, there can be high temperatures, constant rain, as well as severe frosts; It is best to take precautions and check the weather forecast for this Friday, October 18 in Bogotá.
Regardless of whether you will use the day to take a walk or simply go to the office to work, knowing the weather that will be in the next few hours It can help you avoid getting wet in the rain or unnecessarily carrying an umbrella and coat.
For this Friday, it is expected that in Bogotá there will be a 25% chance of rainas well as a maximum temperature of 22 degrees and a minimum of 9°. Cloud cover will be 48% and at night there will be a 25% chance of rain.
The weather forecast in Bogotá (Illustrative image Infobae)
Being located in the Eastern mountain range of Colombia, that is, in the Andean zone of the country, The Colombian capital has cold and dry weather.
He Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) mentions that Bogotá has a average temperature of 13.1 degrees Celsius.
During the course of the day, the maximum temperature It ranges between 18 and 20 degrees Celsius; while at night, the low temperature It decreases between 8 and 10 degrees Celsius.
However, at the beginning of the year, temperatures drop to minus 5 degrees Celsius.
Bogotá has two marked rainy seasons: from March to June and from September to December, April being the month with the most rain. During these times, everything from torrential rains to hail and electric shocks occur.
For its part, the dry season It runs from January to February, as well as from July to August, with the first month of the year being the driest. During these times, sunny and hot days are recorded, with a blue sky and few clouds.
The city of Bogotá has a mainly cold and dry climate. (Bogotá Mayor’s Office)
The weather in Colombia is very variedhe climate is altered due to its geographical complexity such as the coasts of the Caribbean Sea to the North, the current of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the mountain ranges that cross it through the center from north to south.
According to the IDEAM there are at least four types of climate in the country: tropical, dry, temperate and cold high mountain.
In the case of the tropical climatesfour subtypes are identified: rainforest or equatorial, rainforest or monsoon, savanna with dry winter and savanna with dry summer.
He tropical rainy jungle or equatorial It covers areas such as the center and north of the Amazon, the entire Pacific Region, parts of Antioquia, western Santander, Boyacá and Cundinamarca, the Catatumbo area and the Amazon foothills. While the tropical rain forest or monsoon It reaches the plain foothills and the southern extremes of the Caribbean region.
The savanna with dry winter It includes most of the Caribbean and Orinoquia region, as well as the lower sectors in Santander and Antioquia. As for the savanna with dry summer. adds the inter-Andean valleys in Tolima, Huila, Valle, Cauca and Nariño.
For him dry climatein Colombia they perceive the very hot arid or desert and very hot semi-arid or steppe. The first is perceived in the upper part of Guajira and the second in the middle and lower zone of the same department plus sectors of the Caribbean coast.
He temperate climate It is felt in the middle and lower areas of the three mountain ranges of the Colombian country; while the high mountain coldas its name suggests, in the upper levels of the three mountain ranges.
