Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Cartagena: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabanalarga (68 km away). In February its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Cartagena, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cartagena ranks joint 1st of 46 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 46 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 46 cities is 27.2°C; Cartagena is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.3 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sabanalarga in FebruaryColombia · 68 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Soledad in FebruaryColombia · 98 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Barranquilla in FebruaryColombia · 100 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Sincelejo in FebruaryColombia · 122 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Magangué in FebruaryColombia · 152 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Ciénaga in FebruaryColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Santa Marta in FebruaryColombia · 170 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Cereté in FebruaryColombia · 171 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 29 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.