Manizales weather in October

In October, Manizales sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 1146 mm of precipitation across 30.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Manizales's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Manizales's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 1146 mm; 30.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 5:50 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 95%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Manizales is capital of the Colombian department of Caldas.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 18 µg/m³ · 2014
Founded: 1849

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical October day in Manizales reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
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25	20	11
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27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

Manizales weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 11°	719	30.4	0	11.7	3.3
Feb	20° / 11°	851	27.5	0	11.8	3.2
Mar	20° / 11°	1184	30.4	0	12	3.2
Apr	20° / 11°	1385	29.8	0.1	12.1	3.1
May	20° / 11°	1574	30.9	0	12.2	3.1
Jun	20° / 11°	1795	30	0	12.3	3.1
Jul	20° / 10°	1885	31	0	12.3	3.1
Aug	20° / 10°	1806	31	0.2	12.2	3.1
Sep	20° / 10°	1512	30	0.5	12	3.1
Oct	20° / 11°	1146	30.7	0.1	11.9	3.1
Nov	20° / 11°	917	29.7	0	11.8	3.1
Dec	20° / 11°	877	30.6	0	11.7	3.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 99%.

	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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cloudier (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Manizales gets around 1146 mm of rain and snow over 30.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 99% and peaks near 100% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	99
8	99
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10	99
11	99
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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 61% 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 (%)	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	60	59	58	57	56	56	55	54	53	53	52
Comfortable (%)	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

Wind in October

Winds average 4 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:40 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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:52	5:50
2	12.0	5:52	5:49
3	11.9	5:52	5:49
4	11.9	5:52	5:48
5	11.9	5:52	5:48
6	11.9	5:52	5:47
7	11.9	5:51	5:47
8	11.9	5:51	5:47
9	11.9	5:51	5:46
10	11.9	5:51	5:46
11	11.9	5:51	5:45
12	11.9	5:51	5:45
13	11.9	5:51	5:45
14	11.9	5:51	5:44
15	11.9	5:51	5:44
16	11.9	5:50	5:44
17	11.9	5:50	5:43
18	11.9	5:50	5:43
19	11.9	5:50	5:43
20	11.9	5:50	5:42
21	11.9	5:50	5:42
22	11.9	5:50	5:42
23	11.9	5:50	5:42
24	11.9	5:50	5:41
25	11.8	5:50	5:41
26	11.8	5:50	5:41
27	11.8	5:51	5:41
28	11.8	5:51	5:41
29	11.8	5:51	5:41
30	11.8	5:51	5:40
31	11.8	5:51	5:40

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in August across the year — October's 4.53 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
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20	4.5	Bright
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22	4.5	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
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25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Manizales?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Manizales.

What to pack for Manizales in October

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

In October, Manizales sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 31 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Manizales in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Manizales peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 12 (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)	13	15	14	12	13	12	13	13	14	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Manizales 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 Manizales is worst in March — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Manizales's WHO annual average of 18 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	21	22	20	18	17	17	19	18	15	14	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Manizales?

Manizales sits at 5.1°N, 75.5°W, 2,144 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Villamaría, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Manizales

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Manizales has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 588 m around an average of 2,043 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,950 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,042 m.

The land around Manizales is covered by trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (44%) within 3 km, trees (70%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

588 m

trees 46%

16 km

2,950 m

trees 70%

80 km

5,042 m

trees 68%

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

October weather nearby: Villamaría 3.0 km · Neira 11 km · Chinchiná 14 km · Santa Rosa de Cabal 25 km · Marsella 29 km · Dosquebradas 31 km · Pereira 35 km · Salamina 38 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 Manizales (5.0668°, -75.5068°, elevation 2,144 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	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
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8	20	11
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27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	99
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9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
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17	98
18	98
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20	98
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27	99
28	99
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30	99
31	99

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
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16	20	11
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
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31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
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	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	99
8	99
9	99
10	99
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	98
18	98
19	98
20	98
21	98
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	99
26	99
27	99
28	99
29	99
30	99
31	99

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48