Climate averages 1991–2020
Coquimbo weather
in October.
A mild, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Coquimbo: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Serena (10 km away). In October its highs average 22.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Coquimbo, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Coquimbo ranks 13th of 40 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 40 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 40 cities is 19.1°C; Coquimbo is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.7 mm to under 1 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
Coquimbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| February | 24.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 23.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 4.5 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 30 | 2.3 | 10.310 h |
| July | 17.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 15 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| August | 18.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.4 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 20.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 4.7 | 0.6 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| December | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.014 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
- La Serena in OctoberChile · 10 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Ovalle in OctoberChile · 73 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Copiapó in OctoberChile · 304 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in OctoberArgentina · 321 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Rawson in OctoberArgentina · 323 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Viña del Mar in OctoberChile · 342 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Valparaíso in OctoberChile · 344 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Quilpué in OctoberChile · 344 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 13 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 Coquimbo) is explained once on the Coquimbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
La Serena lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.