Climate averages 1991–2020
Soacha weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 5th 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 Soacha: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bogotá (15 km away). In October its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Soacha, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Soacha ranks joint 43rd of 46 for the warmest October highs and 23rd of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Soacha is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 236 mm to 283 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
Soacha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 209 | 21.9 | 11.912 h |
| February | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 237 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 281 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 259 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 185 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 56 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| July | 19.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 37 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 105 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 236 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 283 | 26.5 | 11.912 h |
| December | 18.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 225 | 23.4 | 11.912 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
- Bogotá in OctoberColombia · 15 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in OctoberColombia · 32 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Chía in OctoberColombia · 36 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in OctoberColombia · 55 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Villavicencio in OctoberColombia · 82 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 173 mm rain
- La Dorada in OctoberColombia · 108 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Ibagué in OctoberColombia · 110 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 310 mm rain
- Sogamoso in OctoberColombia · 190 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 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 Soacha) is explained once on the Soacha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.