Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in February.
A hot, fairly 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 Ciénaga: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Marta (26 km away). In February its highs average 27.0°C, 3.0°C cooler than Ciénaga, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks 18th of 46 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 46 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 46 cities is 27.2°C; Ciénaga is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 40 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
Ciénaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| February, selected | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 40 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 305 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 220 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 183 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 225 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 309 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 394 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 287 | 24.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 12.4 | 11.511 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
- Santa Marta in FebruaryColombia · 26 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Soledad in FebruaryColombia · 57 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Barranquilla in FebruaryColombia · 58 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in FebruaryColombia · 85 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Valledupar in FebruaryColombia · 124 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Cartagena in FebruaryColombia · 152 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Riohacha in FebruaryColombia · 158 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Magangué in FebruaryColombia · 204 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.5°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 Ciénaga) is explained once on the Ciénaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.