Climate · Cartagena

Cartagena in July

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Cartagena is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 40 minutes.July in Cartagena is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 40 minutes.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 85% of days
Daylight
12h 40mon average

Is July a good time to visit Cartagena?


July sits outside Cartagena's most comfortable months, which run from January to February. Expect hot days and rain on about six days a week.

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 July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 89°F in July, against 87°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in July, against 31°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

85% of days in July, against 6% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

74% cover in July, against 56% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

12h 40m in July, against 11h 31m to 12h 43m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. June88°31°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. July89°32°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. August88°31°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Cartagena sits, in July

America/Bogota

this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
5:48 AMsets 6:28 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 July, 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 July

high · low · wet days

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.