Climate averages 1991–2020
Tepic weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Tepic: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Vallarta (105 km away). In October its highs average 30.5°C, 3.1°C warmer than Tepic, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Tepic ranks joint 62nd of 153 for the warmest October highs and 126th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Tepic is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 36 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
Tepic climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 30 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 10 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 170 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 329 | 29.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 393 | 30.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 357 | 28.5 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 144 | 16.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 31 | 3.1 | 10.811 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
- Puerto Vallarta in OctoberMexico · 105 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Zapopan in OctoberMexico · 179 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Guadalajara in OctoberMexico · 185 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in OctoberMexico · 192 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in OctoberMexico · 192 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Tonalá in OctoberMexico · 198 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Tepatitlán de Morelos in OctoberMexico · 234 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Mazatlán in OctoberMexico · 247 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 65 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 Tepic) is explained once on the Tepic year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.