Cartagena, Colombia

There are 127 tropical destinations in our catalog, and Cartagena's numbers hold their own: a 96/100 sun score at its December peak, when rain interrupts roughly 24% of days. For a trip of museums, food and old streets under a tropical sky, the data is a good starting point.

The year runs from average lows of 24°C in October to highs of 32°C in March. Rain is most likely in October, when about 83% of days see meaningful rainfall, and least likely in February (8%). If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on January–December.

Averaged by season, sun scores land at 86 for spring, 83 for summer, 81 for autumn and 94 for winter — with typical afternoons of 31°, 30°, 29° and 31°C respectively. That makes winter the statistical sweet spot (season score 94), with spring a workable second; autumn is where the odds thin out. If your dates are flexible, January buys you 31°C warmth at the quiet end of the season.

Best months to visit Cartagena

Our month-by-month scoring puts December first (96/100), with January (95) and February (91) close behind. In practice you have flexibility — January–December all stay above a 70 sun score. Skip October if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 79/100.

Put against its 126 tropical peers in December, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 98% of them.

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Right now the 15-day outlook shows one mostly-clear day (under 40% cloud) and 8 with real rain risk, with temperatures between 24°C and 32°C — which is how Cartagena earns its current 85/100 sun score.