Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Cartagena: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes June a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabanalarga (68 km away). In June its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Cartagena, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cartagena ranks joint 8th of 46 for the warmest June highs and 27th of 46 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Cartagena is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Sabanalarga in JuneColombia · 68 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 175 mm rain
- Soledad in JuneColombia · 98 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JuneColombia · 100 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 140 mm rain
- Sincelejo in JuneColombia · 122 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 267 mm rain
- Magangué in JuneColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Ciénaga in JuneColombia · 152 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Santa Marta in JuneColombia · 170 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Cereté in JuneColombia · 171 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 246 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.