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Cities / Colombia

Cali

Santiago de Cali

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© OpenStreetMap, CARTO
Cali coordinate map

Cali at a glance

Local time   · America/Bogota
Today
Drizzle29° / 22°

0.6 mm rain forecast

Travel basics
Tap water
Use bottled or filtered
Electricity
120V/60Hz · Type A / B
Drives on
Right
Currency
COP $
Language
Spanish
US passport
Visa-free

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
2.5M
Elevation
1,018 m
Climate
Cfb
Founded
1536
ColombiaDetails and sources →
Cali es Cali, lo demás es loma | Cali is Cali, the rest is hillside

Why visit

Visit Cali for music, theater, and performance. In Cali, the strongest material is where museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, or nearby landscapes explain the surrounding region. A good itinerary should stay selective. In Cali, start with one strong anchor, then add a nearby walk, cafe, market, church, museum, bookshop, or evening event where the city supports it. That gives Cali room to show itself without turning the day into unrelated stops. For Cali, nearby landscapes and day trips should explain the city, not turn the itinerary into transit work.

When to avoid

Do not visit Cali expecting every worthwhile stop to be close together or easy to improvise. In Cali, a good plan starts with the constraints, not with the number of sights. Traffic, altitude, and uneven neighborhood safety can shape the day. Use local advice, be careful with phones in public, and use taxis or rideshares when walking or transit feels inefficient.

Plan Cali

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Cali

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Drizzle
29° / 22°
0.6 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Showers
28° / 20°
9.2 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Showers
27° / 20°
23.1 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Showers
26° / 20°
11.2 mm
UV High
Fri
Showers
28° / 19°
11.5 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Showers
29° / 20°
15.4 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Showers
27° / 19°
11.6 mm
UV Very high

Climate

Wet season (Oct-Dec)

About 36% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 20°C, lows around 12°C.

Dry season (Jun-Sep)

About 47mm of rain a month, against 123mm in the wet season.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

JFMAMJJASOND
Weather
22° / 11°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.2h
06:04 – 18:17local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest CLO · 19 km

About Cali

Santiago de Cali, or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2,280,522 residents in 2023. The city spans 560.3 km2 (216.3 sq mi) with 120.9 km2 (46.7 sq mi) of urban area, making Cali the second-largest city in the country by area and the third most populous. Cali is the main urban and economic center in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies. The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar.

Area
564 km²
Demonym
Caleño
Airport codes
CLO
Colombia basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.
References5▾▴

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: .
JFMAMJJASOND24°9°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

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, Open-Elevation
, IANA Time Zone Database
, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: NASA POWER, Open-Meteo license.
  • Getting around. Transit operators from agency GTFS feeds and nearby commercial-airport reference data.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.
  • City flag source. Public domain, No machine-readable author provided. Fibonacci assumed (based on copyright claims)..
  • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.