Climate averages 1991–2020
Arraiján weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Arraiján: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 268 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panama City (15 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Arraiján, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Panama, Arraiján ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 28.0°C; Arraiján is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 268 mm to 252 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
Arraiján climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 29 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 28.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 15 | 4.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 18 | 5.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 87 | 15.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 234 | 28.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 255 | 29.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 280 | 30.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 276 | 30.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 269 | 29.6 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 27.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 268 | 30.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 252 | 27.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 124 | 20.5 | 11.612 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
- Panama City in OctoberPanama · 15 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 251 mm rain
- San Miguelito in OctoberPanama · 22 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 251 mm rain
- Juan Díaz in OctoberPanama · 25 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 251 mm rain
- Colón in OctoberPanama · 55 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 320 mm rain
- David in OctoberPanama · 312 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 602 mm rain
- Apartadó in OctoberColombia · 352 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Chigorodó in OctoberColombia · 355 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 338 mm rain
- Montería in OctoberColombia · 414 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 245 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 Arraiján) is explained once on the Arraiján year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.