Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciénaga weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ciénaga: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 394 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Marta (26 km away). In October its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Ciénaga, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Ciénaga ranks joint 19th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 44th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Ciénaga is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 394 mm to 287 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
Ciénaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 21 | 3.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 40 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 140 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 305 | 25.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 220 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 183 | 19.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 225 | 22.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 309 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 394 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 287 | 24.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 87 | 12.4 | 11.511 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
- Santa Marta in OctoberColombia · 26 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Soledad in OctoberColombia · 57 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 277 mm rain
- Barranquilla in OctoberColombia · 58 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Sabanalarga in OctoberColombia · 85 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Valledupar in OctoberColombia · 124 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 315 mm rain
- Cartagena in OctoberColombia · 152 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 265 mm rain
- Riohacha in OctoberColombia · 158 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Magangué in OctoberColombia · 204 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 255 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 Ciénaga) is explained once on the Ciénaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.