Barranquilla
Barranquilla
ColombiaAw
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About
Barranquilla is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Colombia's fourth-most populous city after Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali.
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The next week in Barranquilla
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Thunderstorm
36° / 27°
UV Very high
Sat
Thunderstorm
33° / 27°
2.4 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Thunderstorm
34° / 27°
4.0 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Thunderstorm
32° / 26°
3.1 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Thunderstorm
32° / 27°
1.8 mm
UV High
Wed
Thunderstorm
31° / 27°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
34° / 24°
Typical high / low
5 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.6h
05:36 – 18:13local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Barranquilla
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) at 11 km.
Getting around Barranquilla
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 3.0, User:Fibonacci.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.