Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuenca weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Cuenca: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eloy Alfaro (124 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, 9.1°C warmer than Cuenca, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Cuenca ranks 8th of 9 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 9 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Cuenca is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 174 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
Cuenca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| February | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 155 | 26.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 100 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 16.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 78 | 18.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 16.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 74 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 16.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 18.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 18.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 127 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 19.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 18.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 172 | 24.6 | 12.312 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
- Eloy Alfaro in OctoberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Loja in OctoberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Tumbes in OctoberPeru · 177 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.6 mm rain
- La Libertad in OctoberEcuador · 225 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Portoviejo in OctoberEcuador · 261 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Sullana in OctoberPeru · 292 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in OctoberEcuador · 294 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Piura in OctoberPeru · 314 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.1 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 Cuenca) is explained once on the Cuenca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.