Climate averages 1991–2020
Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Santo Domingo de los Colorados: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibarra (135 km away). In October its highs average 21.0°C, 3.1°C cooler than Santo Domingo de los Colorados, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 9 cities listed in Ecuador, Santo Domingo de los Colorados ranks 5th of 9 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 9 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 9 cities is 23.5°C; Santo Domingo de los Colorados is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 131 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 376 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 407 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 414 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 391 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 252 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 59 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 87 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 118 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 131 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 235 | 26.2 | 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
- Ibarra in OctoberEcuador · 135 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Esmeraldas in OctoberEcuador · 145 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Portoviejo in OctoberEcuador · 168 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Tulcán in OctoberEcuador · 201 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Ipiales in OctoberColombia · 209 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 230 mm rain
- Eloy Alfaro in OctoberEcuador · 225 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Tumaco in OctoberColombia · 231 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Pasto in OctoberColombia · 267 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 195 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados) is explained once on the Santo Domingo de los Colorados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.