Climate averages 1991–2020
Oaxaca weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Oaxaca: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuxtepec (131 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, 4.9°C warmer than Oaxaca, with 290 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Oaxaca ranks joint 103rd of 153 for the warmest October highs and 80th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Oaxaca is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 9.8 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
Oaxaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| February | 26.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| March | 28.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 16 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| May | 28.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 73 | 9.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 163 | 17.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 104 | 13.9 | 13.013 h |
| August | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 125 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| September | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 160 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 23.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 71 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 23.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 9.8 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| December | 24.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.111 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
- Tuxtepec in OctoberMexico · 131 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 290 mm rain
- Tehuacán in OctoberMexico · 172 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Salina Cruz in OctoberMexico · 191 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Heroica Ciudad de Juchitán de Zaragoza in OctoberMexico · 194 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Orizaba in OctoberMexico · 203 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 192 mm rain
- Córdoba, Mexico in OctoberMexico · 204 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 177 mm rain
- Veracruz in OctoberMexico · 244 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Minatitlán in OctoberMexico · 253 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 246 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 Oaxaca) is explained once on the Oaxaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.