Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Cartagena: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabanalarga (68 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Cartagena, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Cartagena ranks joint 14th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 28th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Cartagena is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 201 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sabanalarga in OctoberColombia · 68 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Soledad in OctoberColombia · 98 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 277 mm rain
- Barranquilla in OctoberColombia · 100 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Sincelejo in OctoberColombia · 122 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 249 mm rain
- Magangué in OctoberColombia · 152 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 255 mm rain
- Ciénaga in OctoberColombia · 152 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 394 mm rain
- Santa Marta in OctoberColombia · 170 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Cereté in OctoberColombia · 171 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 229 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.