expatwhy.

Cartagena weather by month

Cartagena runs from about 27°C in November to 29°C in March, with November the wettest month at 254 mm.

warmest month

March

29°C

coolest month

November

27°C

wettest month

November

254 mm

worst air month

May

16 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Cartagena
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January28°C4 mm349 h9
February28°C7 mm319 h12
March29°C13 mm361 h11
April29°C76 mm320 h12
May29°C183 mm285 h16
June28°C203 mm265 h13
July28°C139 mm307 h13
August28°C193 mm290 h10
September28°C224 mm261 h8
October28°C145 mm286 h6
November27°C254 mm268 h8
December28°C64 mm309 h9

About 3,620 hours of sun a year. Roughly 149 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.