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Satellite view of Bahía de Cartagena de Indias; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

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Bahía de Cartagena de Indias

ColombiaColombia · Caribbean Sea

10.3650, -75.5300 · Cartagena, 6 km

  • 30°Sea · June
  • 30°High · June
  • 8.6 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Bahía de Cartagena de Indias. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Bahía de Cartagena de Indias in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high27°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 5.7 hSunshine a day
  • 26 daysRainy days in the month242 mm in total
  • 13 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.8 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJune and July30 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and February9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°9 h2 mm
  2. Feb27°8 h3 mm
  3. Mar27°8 h10 mm
  4. Apr28°7 h60 mm
  5. May29°6 h178 mm
  6. Jun30°7 h135 mm
  7. Jul29°7 h160 mm
  8. Aug29°7 h160 mm
  9. Sep29°6 h182 mm
  10. Oct29°6 h242 mm
  11. Nov29°6 h181 mm
  12. Dec29°8 h56 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 27°Mar: 27°Apr: 28°May: 29°Jun: 30°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 29°Dec: 29°30°27°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 25°)Feb: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Mar: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Apr: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)May: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Jun: 29 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Jul: 29 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Aug: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Sep: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Oct: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Nov: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Dec: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)29°27°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 mm2Feb: 3 mmMar: 10 mmApr: 60 mmMay: 178 mmJun: 135 mmJul: 160 mmAug: 160 mmSep: 182 mmOct: 242 mm242Nov: 181 mmDec: 56 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.6 h8.6Feb: 8.5 hMar: 7.7 hApr: 7.0 hMay: 6.1 hJun: 6.8 hJul: 7.0 hAug: 6.6 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 5.7 h5.7Nov: 6.1 hDec: 7.8 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Bahía de Cartagena de Indias: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Bahía de Cartagena de Indias: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January292528218.627
February302527318.529
March3026271027.728
April30262860107.024
May302729178226.116
Junewarmest sea302730135226.815
July302729160227.016
August302729160246.615
September292729182266.113
October292729242265.713
November292729181206.117
December2926295677.822

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER18 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.118 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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