Climate averages 1991–2020
Zipaquirá weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 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 Zipaquirá: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a 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 Chía (19 km away). In October its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Zipaquirá, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Colombia, Zipaquirá ranks 41st of 46 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 46 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 46 cities is 25.8°C; Zipaquirá is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 157 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
Zipaquirá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 65 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| February | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 99 | 16.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 191 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 212 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 154 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 21.1 | 12.412 h |
| July | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 63 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 19.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 19.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 142 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 157 | 24.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 19.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 90 | 17.7 | 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
- Chía in OctoberColombia · 19 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Bogotá in OctoberColombia · 47 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Soacha in OctoberColombia · 55 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 236 mm rain
- Fusagasugá in OctoberColombia · 86 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 200 mm rain
- La Dorada in OctoberColombia · 87 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Villavicencio in OctoberColombia · 107 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Duitama in OctoberColombia · 140 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Sogamoso in OctoberColombia · 141 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 Zipaquirá) is explained once on the Zipaquirá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.