Climate: the temperatures that will prevail on March 12 in Cartagena de Indias

Beyond checking the weather forecast to know what to wear or whether or not to pack a raincoat, the weather report It is an instrument that has become essential for various sectors such as transport (by air, sea and land), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even to carry out military operations.

But if by itself predict the time This could be complex, to which is added another variant: global warming, which has made even more urgent the need to keep up to date in order to act and act. adopt public policies that reduce disaster risk like alerts about floods, droughts, freezing waves, bad landing and other related phenomena.

In this context, here the weather forecast for the next few hours in Cartagena de Indias:

Sunday’s weather in Cartagena de Indias will reach 30 degrees, while the minimum temperature it will be 24 degrees. The expected UV index is 11.

As for the rain the probability of precipitation for the said city it will be 4%, with 70% cloudiness, during the day; and 5%, with 98% cloudiness, throughout the night.

During this time, wind gusts will reach 32 kilometers per hour during the day and 28 kilometers per hour at night.

Although it is located on the northern coast of Colombia, very close to the Caribbean Sea, the climate 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. While at dawn the minimum temperature drops to 24 and 25 degrees Celsius.

Cartagena records 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 varied.he 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.