Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Marta weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Santa Marta: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciénaga (26 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Santa Marta, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Santa Marta ranks joint 23rd of 46 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 46 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 46 cities is 26.4°C; Santa Marta is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Santa Marta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 3.8 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 27.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 33 | 3.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 128 | 10.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 28.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 95 | 11.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 78 | 8.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 84 | 11.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 140 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 199 | 19.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 129 | 12.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 22 | 2.7 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Ciénaga in AprilColombia · 26 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Barranquilla in AprilColombia · 71 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Soledad in AprilColombia · 72 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in AprilColombia · 104 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Valledupar in AprilColombia · 134 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 247 mm rain
- Riohacha in AprilColombia · 144 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Cartagena in AprilColombia · 170 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Maicao in AprilColombia · 214 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 41 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 Santa Marta) is explained once on the Santa Marta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.