Climate averages 1991–2020
La Dorada weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in La Dorada: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zipaquirá (87 km away). In October its highs average 19.3°C, 12.0°C cooler than La Dorada, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, La Dorada ranks 1st 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; La Dorada is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 224 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
La Dorada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 80 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 151 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 119 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 33.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 33.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 110 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 31.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 211 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 224 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 116 | 17.2 | 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
- Zipaquirá in OctoberColombia · 87 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Chía in OctoberColombia · 94 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Soacha in OctoberColombia · 108 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 236 mm rain
- Rionegro in OctoberColombia · 111 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 332 mm rain
- Bogotá in OctoberColombia · 113 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Ibagué in OctoberColombia · 127 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 310 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in OctoberColombia · 128 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Caldas in OctoberColombia · 129 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 La Dorada) is explained once on the La Dorada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.