Colombia · South America

Best Time to Visit Cartagena & Caribbean Coast

Best: Jan-Mar

🏖 Beaches & Islands🏛 Historical Sites & Ruins🏙 City Break
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Weather

It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on November and a markedly drier stretch around February. In February, expect highs around 32°C with rain on roughly 3 days of the month.

Things to Do

Cartagena's walled colonial old city and nearby Rosario Islands' beaches are the coast's signature draws.

Local Cuisine

Try Cartagena's coconut rice and fresh Caribbean seafood.

Month-by-month weather

Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.

JanuaryBest

Expect hot days around 31°/23°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low31° / 23°C
Rainfall40 mm
Rainy days5
Sunrise6:16 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Daylight11h 27m
FebruaryBest

Expect hot days around 32°/23°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low32° / 23°C
Rainfall24 mm
Rainy days3
Sunrise6:10 AM
Sunset5:50 PM
Daylight11h 40m
MarchBest

Expect hot days around 32°/23°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low32° / 23°C
Rainfall40 mm
Rainy days5
Sunrise6:02 AM
Sunset5:58 PM
Daylight11h 56m
AprilOK

Expect hot days around 32°/24°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low32° / 24°C
Rainfall64 mm
Rainy days8
Sunrise5:53 AM
Sunset6:07 PM
Daylight12h 14m
MayAvoid

Expect hot days around 31°/24°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low31° / 24°C
Rainfall112 mm
Rainy days14
Sunrise5:46 AM
Sunset6:14 PM
Daylight12h 29m
JuneAvoid

Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall120 mm
Rainy days15
Sunrise5:42 AM
Sunset6:18 PM
Daylight12h 36m
JulyAvoid

Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall112 mm
Rainy days14
Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset6:17 PM
Daylight12h 33m
AugustAvoid

Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with frequent rain (~14 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall112 mm
Rainy days14
Sunrise5:50 AM
Sunset6:10 PM
Daylight12h 21m
SeptemberAvoid

Expect warm days around 30°/24°C, with frequent rain (~15 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 24°C
Rainfall120 mm
Rainy days15
Sunrise5:58 AM
Sunset6:02 PM
Daylight12h 3m
OctoberAvoid

Expect warm days around 29°/24°C, with very wet conditions (~17 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 24°C
Rainfall136 mm
Rainy days17
Sunrise6:07 AM
Sunset5:53 PM
Daylight11h 46m
NovemberAvoid

Expect warm days around 29°/23°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low29° / 23°C
Rainfall144 mm
Rainy days18
Sunrise6:15 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Daylight11h 31m
DecemberOK

Expect warm days around 30°/23°C, with frequent rain (~11 rainy days).

Humid — heat will feel more intense than the temperature alone suggests
High / Low30° / 23°C
Rainfall88 mm
Rainy days11
Sunrise6:18 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Daylight11h 24m

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