Climate averages 1991–2020
Pitalito weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Pitalito: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 5th 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 Florencia (56 km away). In October its highs average 27.2°C, 4.0°C warmer than Pitalito, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Pitalito ranks 34th of 46 for the warmest October highs and joint 21st of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Pitalito is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 230 mm to 218 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
Pitalito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 209 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 23.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 237 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 315 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 329 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 307 | 30.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 21.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 321 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 316 | 30.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 21.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 231 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 200 | 28.1 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 230 | 30.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 218 | 29.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 23.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 227 | 29.1 | 12.012 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
- Florencia in OctoberColombia · 56 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 164 mm rain
- Popayán in OctoberColombia · 90 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Neiva in OctoberColombia · 147 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 152 mm rain
- Pasto in OctoberColombia · 154 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 195 mm rain
- Cali in OctoberColombia · 183 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 376 mm rain
- Yumbo in OctoberColombia · 198 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 376 mm rain
- Ipiales in OctoberColombia · 210 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 230 mm rain
- Tulcán in OctoberEcuador · 218 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 230 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 Pitalito) is explained once on the Pitalito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.