Region · Colombia
Where to stay in La Guajira Department
This guide covers 4 destinations in La Guajira Department, a first-level administrative division of Colombia, with 2 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Riohacha, Maicao and Uribia. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Almirante Padilla Airport (RCH).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Places to stay
- 2
- Main airport
- RCHAlmirante Padilla Airport
- Currency
- COPColombian peso
- Time zone
- America/Bogota
Destinations
Destinations in La Guajira Department
Every destination in this guide in La Guajira Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels in La Guajira Department
2 hotels in La Guajira Department recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit La Guajira Department
From the climate of 4 destinations in La Guajira Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 8 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 6 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 9 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 55 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 33 °C | 107 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 35 °C | 38 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 35 °C | 20 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 35 °C | 82 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 149 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 33 °C | 226 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 172 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 53 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving La Guajira Department
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in La Guajira Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
RCH · Almirante Padilla Airport
MAR · La Chinita International Airport
VUP · Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in La Guajira Department, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Colombia
Nearby
Regions near La Guajira Department
Other regions of Colombia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.