Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Marta weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Santa Marta: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciénaga (26 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 2.4°C warmer than Santa Marta, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Santa Marta ranks 26th of 46 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 46 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 46 cities is 26.5°C; Santa Marta is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.8 mm to 2.8 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ciénaga in JanuaryColombia · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JanuaryColombia · 71 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Soledad in JanuaryColombia · 72 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in JanuaryColombia · 104 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Valledupar in JanuaryColombia · 134 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Riohacha in JanuaryColombia · 144 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Cartagena in JanuaryColombia · 170 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Maicao in JanuaryColombia · 214 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 10 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.