Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Cartagena: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabanalarga (68 km away). In December its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Cartagena, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cartagena ranks 3rd of 46 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 25.7°C; Cartagena is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 9.0 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Sabanalarga in DecemberColombia · 68 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Soledad in DecemberColombia · 98 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Barranquilla in DecemberColombia · 100 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Sincelejo in DecemberColombia · 122 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Magangué in DecemberColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Ciénaga in DecemberColombia · 152 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Santa Marta in DecemberColombia · 170 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Cereté in DecemberColombia · 171 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 89 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.