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Santa Marta weather by month

Santa Marta runs from about 27°C in November to 29°C in July, with June the wettest month at 251 mm.

warmest month

July

29°C

coolest month

November

27°C

wettest month

June

251 mm

worst air month

May

11 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Santa Marta
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January29°C2 mm350 h7
February28°C22 mm322 h8
March29°C2 mm368 h8
April29°C26 mm329 h8
May29°C71 mm311 h11
June28°C251 mm300 h9
July29°C72 mm345 h10
August29°C125 mm339 h10
September29°C130 mm303 h9
October28°C114 mm315 h8
November27°C149 mm284 h7
December28°C24 mm318 h6

About 3,884 hours of sun a year. Roughly 98 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.