Climate averages 1991–2020
Pasto weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Pasto: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ipiales (59 km away). In October its highs average 16.3°C, 1.8°C cooler than Pasto, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Pasto ranks 45th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Pasto is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 195 mm to 244 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
Pasto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 177 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| February | 17.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 184 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 17.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 235 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 17.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 231 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 181 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| June | 17.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 114 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| July | 17.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 92 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 18.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 99 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 18.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 195 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 17.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 244 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 17.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 221 | 25.7 | 12.112 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
- Ipiales in OctoberColombia · 59 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 230 mm rain
- Tulcán in OctoberEcuador · 66 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Ibarra in OctoberEcuador · 135 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Pitalito in OctoberColombia · 154 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Popayán in OctoberColombia · 155 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Tumaco in OctoberColombia · 180 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Florencia in OctoberColombia · 191 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 164 mm rain
- Cali in OctoberColombia · 260 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 376 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 Pasto) is explained once on the Pasto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.