Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Marta weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Santa Marta: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciénaga (26 km away). In November its highs average 28.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Santa Marta, with 287 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Santa Marta ranks joint 21st of 46 for the warmest November highs and joint 7th of 46 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 46 cities is 25.3°C; Santa Marta is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Ciénaga in NovemberColombia · 26 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Barranquilla in NovemberColombia · 71 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 165 mm rain
- Soledad in NovemberColombia · 72 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in NovemberColombia · 104 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Valledupar in NovemberColombia · 134 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 308 mm rain
- Riohacha in NovemberColombia · 144 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Cartagena in NovemberColombia · 170 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 201 mm rain
- Maicao in NovemberColombia · 214 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 126 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.