Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cartagena: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabanalarga (68 km away). In March its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Cartagena, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cartagena ranks 1st of 46 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Cartagena is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Sabanalarga in MarchColombia · 68 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Soledad in MarchColombia · 98 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Barranquilla in MarchColombia · 100 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Sincelejo in MarchColombia · 122 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Magangué in MarchColombia · 152 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Ciénaga in MarchColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Santa Marta in MarchColombia · 170 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Cereté in MarchColombia · 171 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 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.