Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Marta weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Santa Marta: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ciénaga (26 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Santa Marta, with 394 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Santa Marta ranks 22nd of 46 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Santa Marta is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ciénaga in OctoberColombia · 26 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 394 mm rain
- Barranquilla in OctoberColombia · 71 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Soledad in OctoberColombia · 72 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 277 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in OctoberColombia · 104 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Valledupar in OctoberColombia · 134 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Riohacha in OctoberColombia · 144 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Cartagena in OctoberColombia · 170 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 265 mm rain
- Maicao in OctoberColombia · 214 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 184 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.