Climate averages 1991–2020
Maicao weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Maicao: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 25 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 Riohacha (75 km away). In October its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Maicao, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Maicao ranks joint 3rd of 46 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Maicao is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 184 mm to 126 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
Maicao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| February | 30.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 5.7 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 41 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 108 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 65 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 92 | 13.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 153 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 24.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 126 | 19.7 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 9.3 | 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
- Riohacha in OctoberColombia · 75 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 189 mm rain
- La Concepción in OctoberVenezuela · 95 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Maracaibo in OctoberVenezuela · 107 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 196 mm rain
- Los Puertos de Altagracia in OctoberVenezuela · 108 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 196 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in OctoberVenezuela · 117 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in OctoberVenezuela · 123 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Cabimas in OctoberVenezuela · 139 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Valledupar in OctoberColombia · 150 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 315 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 Maicao) is explained once on the Maicao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.