Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ciénaga: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Marta (26 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Ciénaga, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks 16th of 46 for the warmest July highs and 31st of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; Ciénaga is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 183 mm to 225 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Santa Marta in JulyColombia · 26 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Soledad in JulyColombia · 57 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JulyColombia · 58 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in JulyColombia · 85 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Valledupar in JulyColombia · 124 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Cartagena in JulyColombia · 152 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 157 mm rain
- Riohacha in JulyColombia · 158 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Magangué in JulyColombia · 204 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 199 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.