Climate averages 1991–2020
Arauca weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Arauca: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Socopó (128 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Arauca, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Arauca ranks joint 3rd of 46 for the warmest October highs and joint 18th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Arauca is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 211 mm to 145 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
Arauca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 55 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 324 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 375 | 28.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 346 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 293 | 27.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 211 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 145 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 9.5 | 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
- Socopó in OctoberVenezuela · 128 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Ejido (approximate) in OctoberVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Mérida, Venezuela in OctoberVenezuela · 172 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Táriba in OctoberVenezuela · 181 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Rubio in OctoberVenezuela · 189 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Cúcuta in OctoberColombia · 213 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Guanare in OctoberVenezuela · 245 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 146 mm rain
- San Carlos del Zulia in OctoberVenezuela · 249 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 351 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 Arauca) is explained once on the Arauca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.