Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Cartagena: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabanalarga (68 km away). In April its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Cartagena, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cartagena ranks 2nd of 46 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Cartagena is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 181 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cartagena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 6.3 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 33.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 19 | 4.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 75 | 15.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 181 | 26.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 176 | 25.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 157 | 25.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 186 | 27.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 210 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 265 | 29.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 201 | 24.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 61 | 10.8 | 11.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Sabanalarga in AprilColombia · 68 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Soledad in AprilColombia · 98 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Barranquilla in AprilColombia · 100 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Sincelejo in AprilColombia · 122 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 180 mm rain
- Magangué in AprilColombia · 152 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Ciénaga in AprilColombia · 152 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Santa Marta in AprilColombia · 170 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Cereté in AprilColombia · 171 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 162 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cartagena) is explained once on the Cartagena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.