Climate averages 1991–2020
Apartadó weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Apartadó: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chigorodó (25 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Apartadó, with 338 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Apartadó ranks joint 14th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Apartadó is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 179 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
Apartadó climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 75 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 61 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 97 | 18.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 174 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 258 | 28.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 245 | 27.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 291 | 29.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 253 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 199 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 177 | 26.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 179 | 24.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 137 | 25.0 | 11.712 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
- Chigorodó in OctoberColombia · 25 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Montería in OctoberColombia · 127 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Montelíbano in OctoberColombia · 133 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Cereté in OctoberColombia · 144 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 229 mm rain
- Bello in OctoberColombia · 208 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 307 mm rain
- Sincelejo in OctoberColombia · 208 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 249 mm rain
- Medellín in OctoberColombia · 216 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 307 mm rain
- Caldas in OctoberColombia · 227 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 302 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 Apartadó) is explained once on the Apartadó year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.