Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Marta weather
in July.
A hot, moderately 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 Santa Marta: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciénaga (26 km away). In July its highs average 29.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Santa Marta, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Santa Marta ranks 22nd of 46 for the warmest July highs and 15th of 46 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 46 cities is 26.0°C; Santa Marta is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 84 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ciénaga in JulyColombia · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JulyColombia · 71 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 26.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Soledad in JulyColombia · 72 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in JulyColombia · 104 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Valledupar in JulyColombia · 134 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Riohacha in JulyColombia · 144 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Cartagena in JulyColombia · 170 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 157 mm rain
- Maicao in JulyColombia · 214 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 40 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.