Barranquilla weather in June

In June, Barranquilla sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 140 mm of rain across 19 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in June, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of June to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Barranquilla's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barranquilla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
12th coldest
Rainfall
140 mm
19 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:40 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
81%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10
Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17 µg/m³ · 2018

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical June day in Barranquilla reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

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How June really feels in Barranquilla

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Barranquilla weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°30.911.48.3
Feb28° / 25°20.511.68.3
Mar28° / 26°82.211.97.7
Apr28° / 26°468.812.25.7
May29° / 26°16620.812.54.0
Jun29° / 27°1401912.64.0
Jul29° / 27°10314.612.64.7
Aug29° / 27°15620.412.43.9
Sep29° / 26°22825.812.13.3
Oct29° / 26°27726.911.83.3
Nov28° / 26°16520.311.54.3
Dec28° / 26°38611.46.9

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Barranquilla gets around 140 mm of rain over 19 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 64% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
372
471
571
670
769
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1366
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the miserable band about 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1793
2793
3694
4694
5694
6595
7595
8595
9595
10595
11595
12496
13496
14496
15496
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21595
22595
23694
24694
25793
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27892
28892
29991
30991

Wind in June

Winds average 14 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of June to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:396:14
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.63 kWh/m² in March across the year — June's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Barranquilla

In seasonPeak

In June, Barranquilla sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Barranquilla's monsoon runs August–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Barranquilla?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Barranquilla for sightseeing.

What to pack for Barranquilla in June

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

In June, Barranquilla sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Barranquilla in June

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in June — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr27Warm
May28Warm
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index in Barranquilla in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barranquilla peaks around June 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highJun 15UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Barranquilla in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Barranquilla is worst in June — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Barranquilla's WHO annual average of 17 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1726 µg/m³Nov 1811 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Barranquilla?

Barranquilla sits at 11.0°N, 74.8°W, 24 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Soledad, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Barranquilla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barranquilla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,484 m.

The land around Barranquilla is covered by artificial surfaces (81%) within 3 km, water (22%) within 16 km, and water (45%), grassland (24%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
184 m
80 km
2,484 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
June weather nearby: Soledad 6.0 km · Malambo 12 km · Galapa 14 km · Puerto Colombia 19 km · Sabanagrande 20 km · Sitionuevo 22 km · Polonuevo 23 km · Santo Tomás 24 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,562
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
74%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
15.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 480
Religion
Roman Catholic 64%Protestant 17%none 14%atheist 1%

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 Barranquilla (10.9685°, -74.7813°, elevation 24 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).