Climate in Colombia: the weather forecast for Cartagena de Indias on March 14

He type of weather that there is in a certain region is determined by various conditions among which the altitude, the latitude, the orientation of the relief, the distance to the sea and the sea currents and gives guidelines to the so-called “weather weather” which in turn is based on other elements such as the temperature, pressure, wind, humidity and precipitation describe the atmospheric conditions of a locality in the short term.

To catalog the climate, the system developed by Wladimir Köppen is generally used, although there is also the Thornthwaite system, the latter which also takes into account biological diversity and the effects of climate change on it. Others, such as Bergeron and Spacial Synoptic, are interested in the origin of the air masses that define the climate of a region.

Due to climate change, currently the planet is in a process of redistribution in which any change, however small, in the annual average temperature leads to changes in the habitats and their conditions.

In this context, we leave you here the weather forecast for Cartagena de Indias.

During the day temperature will reach a maximum of 31 degrees, the probability of rain it will be 84%, with 98% cloudiness, while the wind gusts will be 32 kilometers per hour.

As for UV rays, they should reach a level of up to 4.

For the night, temperature will reach 25 degrees, while precipitation forecast It will be 25%, with 100% cloudiness, while the wind gusts will reach 24 kilometers per hour during the day.

Although it is located on the northern coast of Colombia, very close to the Caribbean Sea, the climate of the city of Cartagena is semi-arid, characterized by being hot and dryalthough the breeze makes it a little pleasant.

In Cartagena, the mean temperature Annually around 27 degrees Celsius, according to the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).

During the day, the Maximum temperature It oscillates between 31 and 33 degrees Celsius. During the night, the minimum temperature drops to 24 and 25 degrees Celsius.

Cartagena reports a long rainy season and short dry season throughout the year.

There Rainy season It runs from May to November, with October being the rainiest month.

For its part, dry days for Cartagena, they are from December to April, with January, February and March being the driest.

The weather in Colombia is very variedhe the climate is altered due to its geographical complexity just like the coasts of the Caribbean Sea in the north, the current of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the mountain ranges that cross it from the center from north to south.

According to IDEAM there are at least four types of weather in the country: tropical high mountain, dry, temperate and cold.

In the case of tropical climatesfour subtypes are identified: rainy or equatorial jungle, rainy or monsoon forest, dry winter savannah and dry summer savannah.

He tropical rainforest or equatorial It covers areas such as the central and northern Amazon, the entire Pacific region, parts of Antioquia, western Santander, Boyacá and Cundinamarca, the Catatumbo region and the foothills of the Amazon. During this time he tropical rainforest or monsoon it reaches the foothills of the plains and the extreme south of the Caribbean region.

There savannah with dry winter includes most of the Caribbean and Orinoco region, as well as the lower sectors of Santander and Antioquia. In reference to savannah with dry summer. It adds the inter-Andean valleys of Tolima, Huila, Valle, Cauca and Nariño.

For him dry climatein Colombia on very hot arid or desert and very hot semi-arid or steppe. The first is perceived in the upper part of the Guajira and the second in the middle and lower zone of the same department plus sectors of the Caribbean coast.

He mild climate it is felt in the middle and lower areas of the three mountain ranges of the Colombian country; During this time he high mountain coldas the name suggests, in the upper levels of the three mountain ranges.