Cartagena weather in July

In July, Cartagena sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 67 mm of rain across 5.5 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Cartagena's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cartagena's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 5.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:53 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Cartagena is place in Chile.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical July day in Cartagena reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	7
2	13	7
3	13	7
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

Cartagena weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 14°	0	0.1	14	8.8
Feb	21° / 14°	2	0.3	13.2	8.7
Mar	20° / 12°	4	0.7	12.3	8.4
Apr	18° / 10°	18	2.2	11.2	7.2
May	16° / 9°	61	4.7	10.3	5.5
Jun	14° / 8°	122	7	9.8	4.3
Jul	13° / 7°	67	5.5	10	4.2
Aug	14° / 7°	59	5.1	10.8	4.6
Sep	15° / 8°	28	3	11.8	5.5
Oct	17° / 10°	14	1.8	12.8	6.7
Nov	18° / 11°	4	0.7	13.7	7.9
Dec	20° / 12°	3	0.4	14.2	8.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	46	47	48	48	48	48	49	48	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	53	54	54	53	53	53	53
Cloudier (%)	54	53	52	52	52	52	51	52	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	47	46	46	47	47	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	47	53
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Cartagena gets around 67 mm of rain over 5.5 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 18% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	18
10	18
11	17
12	17
13	17
14	17
15	17
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	18
27	18
28	18
29	18
30	17
31	17

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
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11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
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25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:56 AM to 8:44 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:56	8:56	8:56	8:56	8:56	8:55	8:55	8:55	8:55	8:55	8:54	8:54	8:54	8:54	8:53	8:53	8:52	8:52	8:51	8:51	8:50	8:50	8:49	8:49	8:48	8:47	8:47	8:46	8:45	8:45	8:44
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	8:56	6:44
2	9.8	8:56	6:44
3	9.8	8:56	6:45
4	9.8	8:56	6:45
5	9.8	8:56	6:45
6	9.8	8:55	6:46
7	9.9	8:55	6:46
8	9.9	8:55	6:47
9	9.9	8:55	6:47
10	9.9	8:55	6:48
11	9.9	8:54	6:48
12	9.9	8:54	6:49
13	9.9	8:54	6:50
14	9.9	8:54	6:50
15	10.0	8:53	6:51
16	10.0	8:53	6:51
17	10.0	8:52	6:52
18	10.0	8:52	6:53
19	10.0	8:51	6:53
20	10.0	8:51	6:54
21	10.1	8:50	6:54
22	10.1	8:50	6:55
23	10.1	8:49	6:56
24	10.1	8:49	6:56
25	10.2	8:48	6:57
26	10.2	8:47	6:58
27	10.2	8:47	6:59
28	10.2	8:46	6:59
29	10.2	8:45	7:00
30	10.3	8:45	7:01
31	10.3	8:44	7:01

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.46 kWh/m² to a high of 8.96 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 2.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Cartagena?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Cartagena for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cartagena in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Cartagena sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Cartagena in July

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 16°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	15
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	14	Bracing
May	14	Bracing
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Cartagena in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cartagena peaks around January 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	12	10	5	3	3	3	4	6	9	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Cartagena in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Cartagena is worst in July — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (February, 35 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	45	35	40	58	83	85	88	77	64	45	37	38
Level	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	35	Moderate
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	58	Unhealthy
May	83	Unhealthy
Jun	85	Unhealthy
Jul	88	Unhealthy
Aug	77	Unhealthy
Sep	64	Unhealthy
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Cartagena?

Cartagena sits at 33.6°S, 71.6°W, 82 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is San Antonio, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Cartagena

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cartagena.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cartagena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 488 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,259 m.

The land around Cartagena is covered by water (35%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, water (39%), grassland (25%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (30%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

202 m

water 35%

16 km

488 m

water 39%

80 km

2,259 m

water 30%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← June Cartagena year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: San Antonio 5.0 km · El Quisco 19 km · Casablanca 32 km · Melipilla 39 km · Curacaví 48 km · Placilla 49 km · Valparaiso 58 km · Quilpué 58 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cartagena (-33.5538°, -71.6076°, elevation 82 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	7
2	13	7
3	13	7
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	47	53
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	18
10	18
11	17
12	17
13	17
14	17
15	17
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	18
27	18
28	18
29	18
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	7
2	13	7
3	13	7
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	47	53
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	18
10	18
11	17
12	17
13	17
14	17
15	17
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	18
27	18
28	18
29	18
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	7
2	13	7
3	13	7
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	47	53
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	19
7	19
8	19
9	18
10	18
11	17
12	17
13	17
14	17
15	17
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	18
27	18
28	18
29	18
30	17
31	17

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100