Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibarra weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Ibarra: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulcán (69 km away). In October its highs average 16.8°C, 4.2°C cooler than Ibarra, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Ibarra ranks 7th of 9 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 9 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Ibarra is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 175 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
Ibarra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 146 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 146 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 185 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 210 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 20.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 160 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 19.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 120 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 108 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 21.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 66 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 75 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 21.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 133 | 24.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 175 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 19.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 165 | 24.0 | 12.112 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
- Tulcán in OctoberEcuador · 69 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Ipiales in OctoberColombia · 76 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 230 mm rain
- Pasto in OctoberColombia · 135 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 195 mm rain
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados in OctoberEcuador · 135 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Tumaco in OctoberColombia · 177 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in OctoberEcuador · 183 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Pitalito in OctoberColombia · 285 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Popayán in OctoberColombia · 287 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 268 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 Ibarra) is explained once on the Ibarra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.