Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumaco weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th 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 Tumaco: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 269 mm of rain on roughly 26 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 Esmeraldas (133 km away). In October its highs average 27.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Tumaco, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Tumaco ranks 27th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 30th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Tumaco is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 269 mm to 199 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
Tumaco climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 461 | 28.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 27.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 330 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 293 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 379 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 404 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 288 | 27.0 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 248 | 27.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 210 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 26.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 269 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 199 | 21.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 26.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 313 | 25.6 | 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
- Esmeraldas in OctoberEcuador · 133 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Tulcán in OctoberEcuador · 162 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Ipiales in OctoberColombia · 167 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 230 mm rain
- Ibarra in OctoberEcuador · 177 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Pasto in OctoberColombia · 180 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 195 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in OctoberEcuador · 231 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Popayán in OctoberColombia · 253 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Pitalito in OctoberColombia · 305 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.4°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 Tumaco) is explained once on the Tumaco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.