Urban Climate Index
Luz Del Mundo, zone of Santa Marta, Colombia, in August 2026
Written by Eduardo Garcia · Co-founder / CEO / CTOPublished 18 September 2026
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Santa Marta, on the Caribbean. The photo brings together the cathedral, a downtown street and the bay, in August 2026.
The Urban Climate Index for Santa Marta, in the department of Magdalena, on the Caribbean, ranks the city’s 272 zones by their temperature in August 2026. Camellon leads this list, at a temperature of 37.3°C, and Luz Del Mundo closes it.
If you live here or you are thinking of doing so, look at which zones ran cooler or hotter this August, and where you would like to spend more time.
Cooler end of the ranking
Camellon leads this ranking: it is the coolest side of the city, on the edge of Santa Marta bay, at a temperature of 37.3°C. Miramar and Edificio Bahia Linda follow it. The five best places are:
Five best places. Urban Climate Index, Santa Marta, Colombia, August 2026.
| Rank | Zone | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camellon | 37.3°C |
| 2 | Miramar | 40.3°C |
| 3 | Edificio Bahia Linda | 40.8°C |
| 4 | Puerto Mosquito | 42.2°C |
| 5 | Quinta De San Pedro Alejandrino | 42.4°C |
Hotter end of the ranking
The inland ground closes the list. Luz Del Mundo is last of 272, at a temperature of 51.8°C. Cootransmag and Polideportivo del Sur sit among the five worst places.
Five worst places. Urban Climate Index, Santa Marta, Colombia, August 2026.
| Rank | Zone | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 272 | Luz Del Mundo | 51.8°C |
| 271 | Cootransmag | 51.8°C |
| 270 | Polideportivo del Sur | 51.6°C |
| 269 | Concepcion I | 51.5°C |
| 268 | El Trebol | 51.4°C |
Why does the ranking follow the heat of the surface?
All 272 zones take air, humidity and rain from the same IDEAM meteorological station, Universidad del Magdalena on the map. In August that station reads 31.1°C air, 72.8% humidity and 35.6 mm of rain. Because the air is the same in every zone, this month’s order follows ground temperature.
The August mean for Santa Marta sits at 47.3°C. A single satellite day can run cooler or hotter: on 13 August the temperature reached 29.8°C, and on 29 August it reached 55.6°C.
This map is Santa Marta in August, from the bay inland. The dot is the Universidad del Magdalena meteorological station, the same station that serves as the measuring point for all 272 zones.
On 13 August the ground in the zones by the bay reached 29.8°C, and on 29 August it reached 55.6°C. Both readings use the same scale so the contrast is visible.
These figures are the August mean for Santa Marta: 47.3°C ground. Air, humidity and rain come from the station: 31.1°C, 72.8% and 35.6 mm.
The ground sits hotter than the air: 47.3°C surface against 31.1°C. The index is ordered with both readings.
Pescaito sits halfway down the list
Pescaito sits in 133rd place of 272, at about 47.6°C on average, right in the middle of the list, while the city centre sits in 29th place, at a temperature of 45.5°C. Anyone looking for cooler ground this August looks toward Camellon, Miramar and the bay edge.
How August was built
This August brings together the usable satellite scenes after the cloud filter. Ground and station air are two different readings; the index uses both.
Other cities and months are on our blog.
Conclusion
In August the satellite sees a cooler bay edge and hotter inland ground. The mean for Santa Marta sits at 47.3°C.
Camellon sits in first place and Luz Del Mundo in last place.
Knowing this, where would you like to spend more time next August in Santa Marta, on the Caribbean?
Questions
What do I do with this ranking?
It ranks that August’s climate for people who live here or are thinking of doing so. Rent and schools sit outside the score. The question is where you would like to spend more time next August.
What is the Urban Climate Index in this text?
The August 2026 reading for Santa Marta, on the Caribbean: 272 zones, land surface temperature and official meteorological stations. This article shows the five best and the five worst; the full ranking downloads here.
Where is the full ranking?
The ranking of 272 downloads on this page: rank, zone and mean surface.
What is the 47.3°C on the cards?
The August mean surface for Santa Marta, on the cards in this text. The zone ranking uses that same area.
Why does the ranking follow the heat of the surface?
One meteorological station covers all 272 zones: 31.1°C air, 72.8% humidity and 35.6 mm of rain. Air does not set one zone apart from another this month, so the order follows ground temperature.
Where do Centro and Pescaito sit?
Centro sits in 29th place of 272, at a temperature of 45.5°C. Pescaito sits in 133rd place of 272, at a temperature of 47.6°C, about halfway down the list.
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