Climate averages 1991–2020
Medellín weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Medellín: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 307 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th 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 Bello (10 km away). In October its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Medellín, with 307 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Medellín ranks 32nd of 46 for the warmest October highs and joint 35th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Medellín is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 307 mm to 294 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
Medellín climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 134 | 21.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 24.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 169 | 22.9 | 11.912 h |
| March | 24.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 268 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 335 | 28.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 24.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 337 | 29.5 | 12.412 h |
| June | 24.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 208 | 26.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 172 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| August | 25.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 180 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 24.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 247 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 23.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 307 | 29.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 22.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 294 | 28.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 193 | 23.9 | 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
- Bello in OctoberColombia · 10 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 307 mm rain
- Caldas in OctoberColombia · 19 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 302 mm rain
- Rionegro in OctoberColombia · 24 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 332 mm rain
- La Dorada in OctoberColombia · 134 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Quibdó in OctoberColombia · 135 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 866 mm rain
- Montelíbano in OctoberColombia · 194 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Chigorodó in OctoberColombia · 200 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Ibagué in OctoberColombia · 205 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 310 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 Medellín) is explained once on the Medellín year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bello lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.