Florencia weather in October

In October, Florencia sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 164 mm of rain across 21.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Florencia's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Florencia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 164 mm; 21.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:49 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 7th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical October day in Florencia reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	20
2	30	20
3	30	20
4	30	20
5	30	20
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26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

How October really feels in Florencia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Florencia weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 21°	86	14.1	11.9	4.0
Feb	31° / 21°	125	16.1	11.9	3.6
Mar	30° / 21°	193	24.1	12	3.3
Apr	29° / 21°	239	25.3	12	3.3
May	28° / 21°	244	25.9	12.1	3.8
Jun	27° / 20°	240	24.3	12.1	4.1
Jul	27° / 20°	212	22.9	12.1	4.5
Aug	28° / 20°	121	17.8	12.1	4.8
Sep	29° / 20°	108	18.2	12	4.2
Oct	30° / 20°	164	21.5	12	3.6
Nov	30° / 21°	202	24.9	11.9	3.2
Dec	30° / 21°	142	21.2	11.9	3.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	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 (%)	21	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Cloudier (%)	79	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	83	83	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	17	83
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20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Florencia gets around 164 mm of rain over 21.5 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 70% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	62
5	62
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	66
11	67
12	68
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30	78
31	79

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	58	57	55	54	53	51	50	49	47	46	45	43	42	41	39	38	36	34	33	31	30	28	27	26	24	23	22	21	19	19	18
Oppressive (%)	42	43	45	46	47	49	50	51	53	54	55	57	58	59	61	62	64	66	67	69	70	72	73	74	76	77	78	79	81	81	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	36	64
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	31	69
21	30	70
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

Wind in October

Winds average 3 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:44 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:52	5:51
2	12.0	5:52	5:51
3	12.0	5:51	5:50
4	12.0	5:51	5:50
5	12.0	5:51	5:50
6	12.0	5:51	5:49
7	12.0	5:50	5:49
8	12.0	5:50	5:49
9	12.0	5:50	5:48
10	12.0	5:50	5:48
11	12.0	5:49	5:48
12	12.0	5:49	5:47
13	12.0	5:49	5:47
14	12.0	5:49	5:47
15	12.0	5:49	5:47
16	12.0	5:49	5:46
17	12.0	5:48	5:46
18	12.0	5:48	5:46
19	12.0	5:48	5:46
20	12.0	5:48	5:46
21	12.0	5:48	5:45
22	12.0	5:48	5:45
23	12.0	5:48	5:45
24	12.0	5:48	5:45
25	12.0	5:48	5:45
26	12.0	5:48	5:45
27	11.9	5:48	5:45
28	11.9	5:48	5:44
29	11.9	5:48	5:44
30	11.9	5:48	5:44
31	11.9	5:48	5:44

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.28 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)	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
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26	5.2	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Florencia?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Florencia.

What to pack for Florencia in October

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

In October, Florencia sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Florencia in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Florencia peaks around February 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	12	12	14	13	12	11	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Florencia in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Florencia is worst in February — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	23	45	27	20	14	12	11	13	15	14	15	15
Level	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	12	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Florencia?

Florencia sits at 1.6°N, 75.6°W, 560 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is El Doncello, 36 km away.

Topography around Florencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Florencia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m around an average of 312 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,875 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,261 m.

The land around Florencia is covered by trees (51%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

320 m

trees 51%

16 km

1,875 m

trees 66%

80 km

3,261 m

trees 62%

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

October weather nearby: El Doncello 36 km · Guadalupe 49 km · Pitalito 56 km · Puerto Rico 59 km · Tarqui 60 km · Garzón 65 km · Isnos 79 km · San Agustin 79 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
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 Florencia (1.6155°, -75.6041°, elevation 560 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	30	20
2	30	20
3	30	20
4	30	20
5	30	20
6	30	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	30	20
17	30	20
18	30	20
19	30	20
20	30	20
21	30	20
22	30	20
23	30	20
24	30	20
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	62
5	62
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	66
11	67
12	68
13	69
14	70
15	71
16	72
17	73
18	73
19	74
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	76
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	78
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	36	64
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	31	69
21	30	70
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	62
5	62
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	66
11	67
12	68
13	69
14	70
15	71
16	72
17	73
18	73
19	74
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	76
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	78
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	36	64
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	31	69
21	30	70
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	62
5	62
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	65
10	66
11	67
12	68
13	69
14	70
15	71
16	72
17	73
18	73
19	74
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	76
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	78
31	79

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	36	64
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	31	69
21	30	70
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	26	74
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	18	82