Climate averages 1991–2020
Maldonado weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Maldonado: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montevideo (113 km away). In October its highs average 18.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Maldonado, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Maldonado ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 4 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 4 cities is 20.3°C; Maldonado is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 87 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
Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 63 | 5.1 | 14.214 h |
| February | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 88 | 8.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 112 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 92 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 100 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| July | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 105 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 96 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 89 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| October, selected | 17.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 98 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 68 | 6.6 | 14.414 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
- Montevideo in OctoberUruguay · 113 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Mar del Tuyú in OctoberArgentina · 244 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Berisso in OctoberArgentina · 268 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 111 mm rain
- La Plata in OctoberArgentina · 274 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Berazategui in OctoberArgentina · 298 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Quilmes in OctoberArgentina · 302 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Avellaneda in OctoberArgentina · 313 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in OctoberArgentina · 315 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 119 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 Maldonado) is explained once on the Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.