Climate averages 1991–2020
Oranjestad weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Oranjestad: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Punto Fijo (94 km away). In October its highs average 31.5°C, 2.8°C warmer than Oranjestad, with 74 mm of rain.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 135 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Oranjestad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 31 | 10.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 26.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 5.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 11 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 19 | 4.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 20 | 5.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 28.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 22 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 26 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 65 | 11.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 110 | 17.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 135 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 64 | 14.5 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Punto Fijo in OctoberVenezuela · 94 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Coro in OctoberVenezuela · 130 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Willemstad in OctoberCuracao · 132 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Kralendijk in OctoberBonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba · 196 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in OctoberVenezuela · 259 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Carora in OctoberVenezuela · 262 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Maracaibo in OctoberVenezuela · 271 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 196 mm rain
- Maicao in OctoberColombia · 272 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 184 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Oranjestad) is explained once on the Oranjestad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.