Cartagena climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Cartagena?

Cartagena has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,681 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cartagena?

The hottest day measured in Cartagena between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2015, reaching 35.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Cartagena?

The coldest day measured in Cartagena between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1956, at 21.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Cartagena?

Almost never: Cartagena sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Cartagena warmed?

Yes: Cartagena warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Cartagena?

The wettest day measured in Cartagena between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1948, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Cartagena?

The windiest day measured in Cartagena between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2009, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Cartagena?

The warmest month in Cartagena is March (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Cartagena?

Cartagena receives on average 1,681 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Cartagena?

Cartagena gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Cartagena (Colombia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,681 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (27.3 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Cartagena averages 0 frost days, 136 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 232 rainy days per year.

Cartagena has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 4 July 2015) and the coldest 21.4 °C (on 10 January 1956).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

CartagenaBolívar

coords: 10.40°, -75.49°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.0°C

Average daily high

29.6°C

Average daily low

25.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,681mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

0.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

232 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.5 °C

Average feels-like low

29.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

35.0 °C

4 July 2015

Coldest day

21.4 °C

10 January 1956

Wettest day

120 mm

25 May 1948

Windiest day

43.0 km/h

5 February 2009

Strongest gust

68.8 km/h

31 January 1969

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

30 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

21.9 °C

16 February 1989

Sunniest day

12.1 h

4 July 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C23 March 2025	24.1 °C29 November 2025	28.0 °C	1,647 mm	226
2024	34.8 °C18 March 2024	24.7 °C10 November 2024	28.4 °C	1,818 mm	276
2023	34.1 °C9 May 2023	24.0 °C21 February 2023	28.2 °C	1,349 mm	311
2022	33.1 °C13 February 2022	24.2 °C20 June 2022	27.4 °C	2,045 mm	191
2021	33.4 °C7 February 2021	24.0 °C4 November 2021	27.6 °C	1,395 mm	211
2020	33.4 °C5 March 2020	24.2 °C5 October 2020	27.8 °C	1,470 mm	228
2019	33.8 °C27 August 2019	24.3 °C10 January 2019	28.0 °C	1,190 mm	265
2018	33.2 °C15 July 2018	24.0 °C26 February 2018	27.7 °C	1,182 mm	242
2017	34.5 °C16 April 2017	23.3 °C24 January 2017	27.8 °C	1,465 mm	237
2016	33.8 °C26 March 2016	24.5 °C16 November 2016	27.9 °C	1,546 mm	244
2015	35.0 °C4 July 2015	24.5 °C2 November 2015	28.1 °C	1,015 mm	278
2014	33.0 °C29 March 2014	24.3 °C14 November 2014	27.8 °C	1,289 mm	245
2013	33.7 °C1 April 2013	23.9 °C9 August 2013	27.6 °C	1,427 mm	222
2012	32.6 °C3 March 2012	24.1 °C23 January 2012	27.6 °C	1,536 mm	226
2011	32.3 °C13 February 2011	23.5 °C21 October 2011	27.2 °C	2,276 mm	154
2010	34.1 °C29 March 2010	24.2 °C22 October 2010	27.6 °C	2,517 mm	173
2009	33.6 °C28 April 2009	23.7 °C4 May 2009	27.6 °C	1,307 mm	246
2008	32.3 °C19 January 2008	23.9 °C22 February 2008	27.1 °C	1,827 mm	141
2007	33.9 °C1 March 2007	23.4 °C5 December 2007	27.3 °C	1,905 mm	167
2006	33.5 °C1 July 2006	24.1 °C22 November 2006	27.5 °C	1,766 mm	194
2005	32.9 °C25 February 2005	23.9 °C16 December 2005	27.5 °C	1,937 mm	188
2004	33.4 °C12 February 2004	24.1 °C19 January 2004	27.4 °C	1,625 mm	184
2003	33.8 °C7 March 2003	23.8 °C10 October 2003	27.5 °C	1,773 mm	198
2002	34.1 °C13 May 2002	24.0 °C6 June 2002	27.6 °C	1,049 mm	250
2001	32.2 °C5 July 2001	23.7 °C23 February 2001	27.0 °C	1,190 mm	145
2000	31.4 °C21 August 2000	23.0 °C25 March 2000	26.8 °C	1,328 mm	79
1999	33.2 °C18 April 1999	23.3 °C26 November 1999	26.7 °C	1,738 mm	92
1998	34.5 °C16 February 1998	23.7 °C23 November 1998	27.5 °C	1,591 mm	179
1997	34.5 °C24 July 1997	23.8 °C23 March 1997	27.5 °C	1,209 mm	246
1996	32.4 °C27 March 1996	23.3 °C10 November 1996	26.9 °C	1,589 mm	116
1995	33.2 °C31 March 1995	23.7 °C21 October 1995	27.1 °C	1,824 mm	155
1994	32.2 °C10 February 1994	23.4 °C4 October 1994	27.1 °C	1,311 mm	146
1993	33.5 °C12 March 1993	23.4 °C8 January 1993	27.1 °C	1,643 mm	116
1992	33.1 °C10 April 1992	23.5 °C29 January 1992	27.0 °C	1,460 mm	122
1991	32.9 °C24 February 1991	23.6 °C19 October 1991	27.1 °C	1,370 mm	131
1990	33.3 °C10 April 1990	23.8 °C9 January 1990	27.1 °C	1,625 mm	135
1989	32.6 °C9 April 1989	23.4 °C1 January 1989	26.7 °C	1,750 mm	99
1988	33.7 °C19 March 1988	23.8 °C3 December 1988	26.9 °C	2,077 mm	127
1987	33.0 °C2 March 1987	22.5 °C8 January 1987	27.4 °C	1,685 mm	160
1986	31.7 °C19 March 1986	23.6 °C17 October 1986	26.8 °C	1,338 mm	101
1985	32.3 °C7 February 1985	23.2 °C29 December 1985	26.5 °C	1,630 mm	78
1984	31.6 °C15 March 1984	23.0 °C11 November 1984	26.4 °C	1,618 mm	55
1983	33.4 °C20 March 1983	23.5 °C15 October 1983	27.2 °C	1,241 mm	157
1982	32.2 °C22 March 1982	23.5 °C4 October 1982	27.0 °C	1,225 mm	124
1981	33.2 °C1 April 1981	23.2 °C2 September 1981	27.0 °C	1,867 mm	125
1980	32.6 °C15 June 1980	23.3 °C29 December 1980	27.3 °C	1,357 mm	160
1979	33.1 °C12 April 1979	22.8 °C22 December 1979	27.0 °C	1,800 mm	133
1978	33.2 °C13 March 1978	23.2 °C13 January 1978	26.9 °C	2,040 mm	99
1977	32.0 °C20 February 1977	23.7 °C15 January 1977	27.1 °C	1,606 mm	128
1976	31.9 °C1 July 1976	22.5 °C31 January 1976	26.8 °C	1,200 mm	100
1975	31.9 °C29 March 1975	23.0 °C25 December 1975	26.5 °C	2,256 mm	69
1974	32.1 °C7 July 1974	23.4 °C25 October 1974	26.5 °C	1,981 mm	70
1973	32.9 °C26 January 1973	23.4 °C30 November 1973	27.1 °C	2,390 mm	150
1972	33.1 °C3 April 1972	23.4 °C13 March 1972	27.2 °C	1,353 mm	195
1971	32.4 °C8 March 1971	23.0 °C19 January 1971	26.6 °C	1,896 mm	85
1970	33.0 °C15 February 1970	23.6 °C23 September 1970	26.9 °C	2,609 mm	121
1969	33.6 °C17 March 1969	23.7 °C2 February 1969	27.4 °C	2,329 mm	189
1968	32.4 °C22 March 1968	23.3 °C10 January 1968	27.0 °C	1,659 mm	134
1967	32.2 °C13 April 1967	23.5 °C18 March 1967	26.9 °C	1,448 mm	116
1966	32.2 °C29 April 1966	23.4 °C9 December 1966	26.9 °C	1,908 mm	112
1965	31.6 °C21 April 1965	23.4 °C31 January 1965	26.9 °C	1,629 mm	116
1964	31.9 °C1 March 1964	23.3 °C25 December 1964	26.7 °C	1,743 mm	95
1963	32.0 °C3 March 1963	23.6 °C12 November 1963	27.1 °C	1,724 mm	121
1962	32.9 °C12 April 1962	23.7 °C18 May 1962	27.0 °C	1,521 mm	129
1961	32.3 °C16 April 1961	23.0 °C15 November 1961	26.9 °C	1,499 mm	123
1960	31.7 °C22 February 1960	23.6 °C16 July 1960	26.7 °C	1,899 mm	62
1959	31.7 °C9 April 1959	23.3 °C12 September 1959	26.8 °C	1,400 mm	114
1958	33.6 °C13 March 1958	23.7 °C11 October 1958	27.5 °C	1,889 mm	167
1957	32.0 °C6 May 1957	23.5 °C28 February 1957	27.0 °C	1,233 mm	108
1956	31.5 °C6 April 1956	21.4 °C10 January 1956	26.1 °C	1,749 mm	31
1955	31.5 °C10 April 1955	23.2 °C28 December 1955	26.1 °C	2,039 mm	35
1954	31.6 °C6 March 1954	23.0 °C4 October 1954	26.3 °C	1,703 mm	39
1953	31.8 °C1 April 1953	23.5 °C19 January 1953	26.7 °C	1,522 mm	62
1952	33.1 °C5 April 1952	23.4 °C27 January 1952	26.6 °C	1,603 mm	50
1951	31.8 °C18 March 1951	22.6 °C9 January 1951	26.6 °C	1,684 mm	58
1950	30.9 °C18 April 1950	23.1 °C19 January 1950	26.0 °C	2,190 mm	25
1949	32.8 °C18 March 1949	22.5 °C25 December 1949	26.4 °C	1,769 mm	78
1948	31.8 °C16 February 1948	23.4 °C21 April 1948	26.4 °C	2,301 mm	49
1947	30.8 °C13 March 1947	23.0 °C4 January 1947	26.2 °C	1,925 mm	10
1946	31.5 °C25 March 1946	23.2 °C20 November 1946	26.3 °C	1,629 mm	39
1945	31.0 °C11 March 1945	22.9 °C8 January 1945	26.1 °C	2,015 mm	31
1944	32.8 °C9 April 1944	23.3 °C3 November 1944	26.5 °C	2,142 mm	58
1943	30.5 °C11 July 1943	22.3 °C26 January 1943	26.2 °C	1,794 mm	12
1942	31.9 °C8 April 1942	23.2 °C2 December 1942	26.2 °C	2,634 mm	49
1941	33.9 °C20 April 1941	23.7 °C12 January 1941	27.1 °C	1,158 mm	135
1940	31.6 °C13 March 1940	22.9 °C10 February 1940	26.3 °C	1,679 mm	31

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.3 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

226 d/yr

+90

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1647 mm

-34 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.2 °C	+0.2 °C	37 mm	+26 mm
Feb	30.8 °C	+0.3 °C	19 mm	+10 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	+0.4 °C	13 mm	-8 mm
Apr	30.9 °C	+0.7 °C	96 mm	+13 mm
May	30.2 °C	+0.8 °C	206 mm	+8 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+0.8 °C	231 mm	+20 mm
Jul	30.7 °C	+1.2 °C	118 mm	-51 mm
Aug	30.2 °C	+0.8 °C	180 mm	-21 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+0.9 °C	224 mm	+2 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+0.7 °C	283 mm	-5 mm
Nov	29.8 °C	+1.1 °C	194 mm	-13 mm
Dec	29.7 °C	+0.5 °C	46 mm	-16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

23 Mar 2025

Coldest day

24.1 °C

29 Nov 2025

Wettest day

36.5 mm

29 Nov 2025

Windiest day

30.9 km/h

19 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

50.4 km/h

18 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.2 °C

10 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

26.4 °C

5 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

17 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Cartagena?

Cartagena has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.0 °C and it receives 1,681 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cartagena?

The hottest day measured in Cartagena between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2015, reaching 35.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Cartagena?

The coldest day measured in Cartagena between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1956, at 21.4 °C.

Does it snow in Cartagena?

Almost never: Cartagena sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Cartagena warmed?

Yes: Cartagena warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Cartagena?

The wettest day measured in Cartagena between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1948, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Cartagena?

The windiest day measured in Cartagena between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2009, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Cartagena?

The warmest month in Cartagena is March (27.3 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Cartagena?

Cartagena receives on average 1,681 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Cartagena?

Cartagena gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Cartagena?

Yes: Cartagena has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cartagena?

In Cartagena, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 30 August 2023, and the lowest was 21.9 °C on 16 February 1989.

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