Climate averages 1991–2020
Caldas weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Caldas: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 302 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medellín (19 km away). In October its highs average 23.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Caldas, with 307 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Caldas ranks 36th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 34th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Caldas is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 302 mm to 275 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
Caldas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 111 | 18.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 23.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 138 | 19.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 23.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 214 | 25.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 290 | 27.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 347 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 239 | 26.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 23.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 198 | 24.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 24.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 197 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 302 | 28.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 21.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 275 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 169 | 21.9 | 11.812 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
- Medellín in OctoberColombia · 19 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 307 mm rain
- Bello in OctoberColombia · 29 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 307 mm rain
- Rionegro in OctoberColombia · 30 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 332 mm rain
- Quibdó in OctoberColombia · 122 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 866 mm rain
- La Dorada in OctoberColombia · 129 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Ibagué in OctoberColombia · 190 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 310 mm rain
- Chigorodó in OctoberColombia · 210 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Montelíbano in OctoberColombia · 211 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 206 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 Caldas) is explained once on the Caldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.