Barranquilla climate

Name: Barranquilla
Address: CO

Barranquilla is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 25 °C. October is the wettest month (326 mm) and February the driest (4.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Barranquilla averages 1,803 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Colombia · population 1,206,319 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 30 °C
Coldest month February 25 °C
Driest month February 5 mm
Wettest month October 326 mm
Least cloud January 33 % cloud
Hottest on record May 37 °C
Coldest on record January 21 °C
Warmest sea September 29 °C

What to expectBarranquilla through the year

Barranquilla changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 61 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 326 mm against 5 mm in February — 70 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Barranquilla is warmest in September at 29 °C and coldest in February at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.3 °C	9 mm	33 %
February	28.6 °C	5 mm	34 %
March	28.9 °C	21 mm	47 %
April	29.5 °C	86 mm	74 %
May	29.5 °C	228 mm	87 %
June	29.5 °C	194 mm	84 %
July	29.4 °C	149 mm	84 %
August	29.6 °C	227 mm	87 %
September	29.5 °C	294 mm	88 %
October	29.0 °C	326 mm	87 %
November	28.6 °C	207 mm	77 %
December	28.4 °C	57 mm	54 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.3 °C	25.3 °C	26.5 °C	33.2 °C	20.7 °C	31	3
February	28.6 °C	25.2 °C	26.5 °C	34.4 °C	22.4 °C	28	4
March	28.9 °C	25.4 °C	26.7 °C	35.3 °C	23.1 °C	31	5
April	29.5 °C	25.8 °C	27.2 °C	36.7 °C	23.7 °C	30	6
May	29.5 °C	26.0 °C	27.4 °C	37.4 °C	23.0 °C	31	6
June	29.5 °C	26.2 °C	27.6 °C	33.6 °C	23.8 °C	30	7
July	29.4 °C	26.3 °C	27.6 °C	34.2 °C	23.7 °C	31	5
August	29.6 °C	26.1 °C	27.5 °C	34.1 °C	22.9 °C	31	8
September	29.5 °C	25.8 °C	27.3 °C	34.7 °C	23.5 °C	30	7
October	29.0 °C	25.3 °C	26.8 °C	34.2 °C	22.4 °C	31	4
November	28.6 °C	25.4 °C	26.8 °C	32.5 °C	23.0 °C	30	2
December	28.4 °C	25.7 °C	26.8 °C	33.6 °C	22.6 °C	31	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	9 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	79 %	23 km/h	26.2 °C
February	5 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	78 %	26 km/h	25.9 °C
March	21 mm	4	12 h/day	47 %	79 %	25 km/h	26.0 °C
April	86 mm	13	12 h/day	74 %	81 %	20 km/h	26.7 °C
May	228 mm	24	13 h/day	87 %	84 %	14 km/h	27.9 °C
June	194 mm	22	13 h/day	84 %	84 %	13 km/h	28.5 °C
July	149 mm	19	13 h/day	84 %	83 %	15 km/h	28.1 °C
August	227 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	84 %	14 km/h	28.6 °C
September	294 mm	27	12 h/day	88 %	85 %	12 km/h	29.1 °C
October	326 mm	28	12 h/day	87 %	86 %	12 km/h	29.1 °C
November	207 mm	23	12 h/day	77 %	85 %	13 km/h	28.6 °C
December	57 mm	8	11 h/day	54 %	81 %	18 km/h	27.4 °C

How Barranquilla compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Barranquilla	30 °C	25 °C	1,803 mm	365
Soledad · Colombia	31 °C	25 °C	1,803 mm	365
Santa Marta · Colombia	29 °C	24 °C	2,149 mm	365
Cartagena · Colombia	31 °C	25 °C	1,495 mm	365
Valledupar · Colombia	29 °C	20 °C	1,987 mm	346
Sincelejo · Colombia	33 °C	22 °C	2,118 mm	365

Where Barranquilla ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in the world in January	11thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	12thof 50	99/100
The driest places in South America in February	15thof 50	4.6 mm
The driest places in South America in January	24thof 50	8.5 mm
Best beach destinations in the world in March	29thof 50	96/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Barranquilla.

QuestionsCommon questions about Barranquilla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Barranquilla?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Barranquilla get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 61 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 25 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Barranquilla?

October, averaging 326 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,803 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Barranquilla rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.