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When to go to Santa Marta
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Santa Marta has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to September.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in February and March.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): April to January.
- The warmest month is March (31°C) and the coolest October (29°C). The wettest is October (175 mm) and the driest January (2 mm); about 848 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctWet
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Santa Marta
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°C | 23°C | 2 mm | 71% | 26% | 5.7 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 31°C | 23°C | 2 mm | 67% | 25% | 6.2 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 31°C | 24°C | 7 mm | 68% | 38% | 6.3 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 31°C | 25°C | 30 mm | 72% | 58% | 6.1 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 30°C | 25°C | 114 mm | 78% | 71% | 5.6 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 30°C | 25°C | 83 mm | 78% | 67% | 5.8 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 31°C | 25°C | 79 mm | 77% | 62% | 6 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 30°C | 25°C | 96 mm | 79% | 67% | 5.9 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 30°C | 25°C | 130 mm | 81% | 72% | 5.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 29°C | 25°C | 175 mm | 83% | 76% | 5.2 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 29°C | 25°C | 104 mm | 83% | 63% | 4.9 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 30°C | 24°C | 26 mm | 77% | 38% | 5.2 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Barranquilla71 kmGood for going: June to August and November to April
- Valledupar134 kmGood for going: January to December
- Cartagena170 kmGood for going: June and December to April
- Montería332 kmGood for going: October and November
- Cúcuta414 kmGood for going: April to July and October to January
- Mérida444 kmGood for going: June to September and November to April
- Bucaramanga472 kmGood for going: November to September
- Oranjestad475 kmGood for going: January to December
Plan it
Plan a trip to Santa Marta
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