Climate averages 1991–2020
Yopal weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Yopal: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sogamoso (73 km away). In October its highs average 19.9°C, 7.5°C cooler than Yopal, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Yopal ranks 24th of 46 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Yopal is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 100 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
Yopal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 54 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 227 | 26.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 25.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 221 | 26.5 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 188 | 26.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 21.8 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 94 | 20.8 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 118 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 100 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 5.8 | 11.812 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
- Sogamoso in OctoberColombia · 73 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Duitama in OctoberColombia · 89 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Zipaquirá in OctoberColombia · 182 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Villavicencio in OctoberColombia · 191 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Chía in OctoberColombia · 192 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Bogotá in OctoberColombia · 204 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Soacha in OctoberColombia · 219 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 236 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in OctoberColombia · 245 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 200 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 Yopal) is explained once on the Yopal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.