Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Cartagena: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabanalarga (68 km away). In November its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Cartagena, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cartagena ranks joint 9th of 46 for the warmest November highs and 24th of 46 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 46 cities is 25.3°C; Cartagena is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Sabanalarga in NovemberColombia · 68 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Soledad in NovemberColombia · 98 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Barranquilla in NovemberColombia · 100 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 165 mm rain
- Sincelejo in NovemberColombia · 122 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Magangué in NovemberColombia · 152 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 180 mm rain
- Ciénaga in NovemberColombia · 152 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Santa Marta in NovemberColombia · 170 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Cereté in NovemberColombia · 171 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 179 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.