Climate averages 1991–2020
Valledupar weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Valledupar: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 315 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Machiques (89 km away). In October its highs average 31.5°C, 4.2°C warmer than Valledupar, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Valledupar ranks joint 25th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 38th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Valledupar is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 315 mm to 308 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
Valledupar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 103 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 247 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 336 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 27.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 163 | 24.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 101 | 19.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 147 | 23.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 207 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 27.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 315 | 27.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 308 | 22.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 90 | 11.1 | 11.512 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
- Machiques in OctoberVenezuela · 89 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 200 mm rain
- La Villa del Rosario in OctoberVenezuela · 104 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Ciénaga in OctoberColombia · 124 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 394 mm rain
- Riohacha in OctoberColombia · 126 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Santa Marta in OctoberColombia · 134 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Maicao in OctoberColombia · 150 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 184 mm rain
- La Concepción in OctoberVenezuela · 156 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Concepción, Venezuela in OctoberVenezuela · 171 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 138 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 Valledupar) is explained once on the Valledupar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.