Climate averages 1991–2020

Port of Spain weather
in October.

A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 25.9°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 111 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Port of Spain · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Port of Spain: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint George's (156 km away). In October its highs average 28.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Port of Spain, with 160 mm of rain.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 124 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Port of Spain climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Port of Spain, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.4°C24.4°C24.4°C4610.911.612 h
February 27.7°C24.4°C24.4°C216.611.812 h
March 28.3°C24.7°C24.7°C194.712.112 h
April 29.0°C25.3°C25.3°C234.912.412 h
May 29.2°C25.7°C25.7°C469.812.613 h
June 28.5°C25.4°C25.4°C10319.212.713 h
July 28.2°C25.3°C25.3°C12524.212.713 h
August 28.6°C25.6°C25.6°C13525.112.512 h
September 29.2°C26.0°C26.0°C10120.712.212 h
October, selected 28.9°C25.9°C25.9°C11121.811.912 h
November 28.2°C25.4°C25.4°C12422.611.612 h
December 27.6°C24.9°C24.9°C8517.111.512 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

Distance from Port of Spain

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Port of Spain) is explained once on the Port of Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.