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Cartagena in January

Hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Cartagena is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 35 minutes.January in Cartagena is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 35 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 10% of days
Daylight
11h 35mon average

Is January a good time to visit Cartagena?

Yes. January is one of Cartagena's most comfortable months (January to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in January, against 87°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in January, against 31°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

10% of days in January, against 6% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in January, against 56% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

11h 35m in January, against 11h 31m to 12h 43m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December88°31°low 77°low 25°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January90°32°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February92°33°low 77°low 25°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Cartagena sits, in January

America/Bogota
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:24 AMsets 5:58 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
10.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Medellín462 km south

The land around Cartagena, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Colombia in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Cartagena

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 10 km north-east of Cartagena. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.