Río Bueno weather in October

In October, Río Bueno sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 110 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Río Bueno's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Río Bueno's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 110 mm; 13.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 7:04 AM – 8:10 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Río Bueno is city in Chile.

Density: 5,316/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1778

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical October day in Río Bueno reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 2°C cooler than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

Río Bueno weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 10°	36	6	14.5	7.5
Feb	22° / 10°	41	5.1	13.6	7.6
Mar	20° / 9°	63	7.6	12.3	6.7
Apr	16° / 7°	109	10.6	11	4.9
May	13° / 6°	189	15.4	9.8	3.1
Jun	11° / 4°	254	18.3	9.2	2.0
Jul	10° / 4°	229	17.8	9.4	1.9
Aug	11° / 4°	210	17.8	10.4	2.3
Sep	13° / 5°	125	13.5	11.7	3.4
Oct	15° / 6°	110	13.4	13.1	4.3
Nov	17° / 8°	74	9.9	14.2	5.5
Dec	20° / 9°	64	8	14.8	6.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	31	29	29	30	30	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	33	33	34	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	69	71	71	70	70	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	68	67	67	67	67	66	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Río Bueno gets around 110 mm of rain over 13.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	41

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
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12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of October to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:28 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 8:27 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:44
Sunset (PM)	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:26	8:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:28	7:53
2	12.5	7:26	7:54
3	12.5	7:25	7:56
4	12.6	7:23	7:57
5	12.6	7:21	7:58
6	12.6	7:20	7:59
7	12.7	7:18	8:00
8	12.7	7:17	8:01
9	12.8	7:15	8:02
10	12.8	7:13	8:03
11	12.9	7:12	8:04
12	12.9	7:10	8:05
13	13.0	7:09	8:06
14	13.0	7:07	8:07
15	13.0	7:06	8:08
16	13.1	7:04	8:10
17	13.1	7:03	8:11
18	13.2	7:01	8:12
19	13.2	7:00	8:13
20	13.3	6:58	8:14
21	13.3	6:57	8:15
22	13.3	6:56	8:16
23	13.4	6:54	8:17
24	13.4	6:53	8:19
25	13.5	6:52	8:20
26	13.5	6:50	8:21
27	13.6	6:49	8:22
28	13.6	6:48	8:23
29	13.6	6:46	8:24
30	13.7	6:45	8:26
31	13.7	6:44	8:27

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 4.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Río Bueno

In seasonPeak

None of Río Bueno's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Río Bueno's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Río Bueno?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Río Bueno for sightseeing.

What to pack for Río Bueno in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Río Bueno sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Río Bueno in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Río Bueno peaks around December 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	7	4	2	2	2	3	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Río Bueno?

Río Bueno sits at 40.3°S, 73.0°W, 61 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is La Unión, 12 km away.

Topography around Río Bueno

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Río Bueno.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Río Bueno has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,198 m.

The land around Río Bueno is covered by grassland (36%), cropland (29%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (38%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

grassland 36%

16 km

328 m

cropland 39%

80 km

2,198 m

trees 55%

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← September Río Bueno year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: La Unión 12 km · Paillaco 30 km · Osorno 31 km · Las Animas 63 km · Valdivia 63 km · Purranque 67 km · Frutillar 88 km · Panguipulli 93 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Río Bueno (-40.3349°, -72.9556°, elevation 61 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	36	64
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	42
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100