Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Marta weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Santa Marta: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciénaga (26 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Santa Marta, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Santa Marta ranks joint 26th of 46 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 46 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 46 cities is 27.1°C; Santa Marta is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.4 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ciénaga in MarchColombia · 26 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Barranquilla in MarchColombia · 71 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Soledad in MarchColombia · 72 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in MarchColombia · 104 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Valledupar in MarchColombia · 134 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Riohacha in MarchColombia · 144 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Cartagena in MarchColombia · 170 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Maicao in MarchColombia · 214 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 11 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.