Cheap flights from London to Bogota

February is the cheapest month on this route, and the price calendar carries fares for every month of the year, so you can weigh a winter escape against a summer trip before you commit. Demand does the work here: fares climb around Christmas and New Year, during the London school breaks and around Colombian public holidays, when families on both sides fly. Midweek departures, Tuesday and Wednesday in particular, tend to sit below Friday and Sunday. Book a few months ahead for the busy windows, and leave it later in the quiet weeks of late winter and early spring, when the same seats sell for less.

The airline mix here runs from low-cost to full-service. Wizz Air UK, Wizz Air Malta and Norse Atlantic UK sell the leanest fares, where the seat is the starting point and everything else is added as you go. Aer Lingus, Iberia, Swiss, Austrian, United Airlines and AeroMéxico are the full-service names, and their itineraries tend to route you through their own hubs. Avianca is the Colombian carrier on the list. What differs is what the ticket carries: a low-cost fare and a full-service fare can look close until you add a checked bag and a seat. Compare the total for your dates, and check whether the itinerary is non-stop or a connection, because that changes the shape of your travel day.

Every flight on this route lands at El Dorado, Bogota's airport, which sits outside the city rather than beside it. The usual ways in are a taxi or a ride-hailing car from the arrivals level, or one of the airport buses that run towards the centre; the drive can take a while at rush hour, so build in slack if you have a connection onward. Sort out money before you leave the terminal, either at a counter or with a card that does not punish you on the exchange. Bogota sits high in the mountains, so give yourself an easy first afternoon rather than a packed one.

Currency

COP (COL$)

Power sockets

Type A, B · 110 V

Language

Spanish

Emergency number

123

Driving side

right

Calling code

+57

Internet domain

.co

Population of Bogota

8.0 M (2024)

Altitude

2,582 m · high altitude — take the first day slowly

Time zone

UTC-05 (America/Bogota)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check which London airport your fare leaves from, because Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and London City are not interchangeable.
• Confirm whether your itinerary is non-stop or connects, and whether a connection sits on one ticket or two.
• On a low-cost fare, price the checked bag and the seat you want before you compare totals.
• Make sure your passport and any entry requirements for Colombia are sorted well before departure.
• If you are flying in February, book early, since the cheapest seats in the cheapest month go first.
• Plan your transfer to the London airport, because early departures can fall outside normal transport hours.