Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Marta weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Santa Marta: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciénaga (26 km away). In June its highs average 29.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Santa Marta, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Santa Marta ranks 20th of 46 for the warmest June highs and 15th of 46 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 46 cities is 25.9°C; Santa Marta is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Ciénaga in JuneColombia · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Barranquilla in JuneColombia · 71 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 26.3°C · 140 mm rain
- Soledad in JuneColombia · 72 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in JuneColombia · 104 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 175 mm rain
- Valledupar in JuneColombia · 134 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Riohacha in JuneColombia · 144 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Cartagena in JuneColombia · 170 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Maicao in JuneColombia · 214 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 65 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.