Cartagena
City in Colombia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Cartagena is a city in Colombia, in Bolívar. About 914,552 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Colombia in our atlas.
It lies at 10.40° N, 75.49° W, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Bogota time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Cartagena. Green dots: other major cities of Colombia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Cartagena has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 25°C (78°F). Around 1,369 mm (54 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ColombiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Barranquilla · 100 km
- Santa Marta · 170 km
- Montería · 188 km
- Valledupar · 245 km
- Cúcuta · 428 km
- Bucaramanga · 446 km
- Medellín · 461 km
- Bogotá · 661 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3687238 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q23696017 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Colombia, Cartagena, Palacio de la Inquisición: © Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fachada-Torre-HotelEstelarCartagenaDeIndias: DGuzmanG, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadioncedenov: Jdvillalobos, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baluarte de Santo Domingo CTG 11 2019 0033: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas y Monumento a los zapatos viejos: JuanGris (Lucía Estévez), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- AlcaldiaCartagena: Danielkmilo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
