Climate averages 1991–2020
Eloy Alfaro weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Eloy Alfaro: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Libertad (119 km away). In October its highs average 24.2°C, 3.6°C cooler than Eloy Alfaro, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Eloy Alfaro ranks 2nd of 9 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 9 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Eloy Alfaro is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 77 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
Eloy Alfaro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 308 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 400 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 455 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 366 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 287 | 26.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 183 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 144 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 18.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 117 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 27.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 97 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 77 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 164 | 18.7 | 12.212 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
- La Libertad in OctoberEcuador · 119 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Cuenca in OctoberEcuador · 124 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Portoviejo in OctoberEcuador · 141 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Tumbes in OctoberPeru · 168 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Loja in OctoberEcuador · 215 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in OctoberEcuador · 225 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Talara in OctoberPeru · 311 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Sullana in OctoberPeru · 318 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.5 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 Eloy Alfaro) is explained once on the Eloy Alfaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.