Orito weather in October

In October, Orito sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 206 mm of rain across 21.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Orito's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orito's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 206 mm; 21.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:53 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 6th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Orito is town in Orito Municipality, Putumayo, Colombia.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical October day in Orito reaches about 29°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	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
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	20	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
6	30	20
7	30	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

Orito weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 20°	163	18.1	12	4.2
Feb	29° / 21°	182	18.7	12	3.9
Mar	29° / 21°	259	24.7	12	3.5
Apr	29° / 21°	302	25.7	12	3.4
May	28° / 20°	345	26.4	12	3.7
Jun	27° / 20°	365	24.7	12	4.0
Jul	27° / 19°	300	23.2	12	4.4
Aug	28° / 19°	176	17.6	12	4.9
Sep	29° / 20°	137	18.6	12	4.2
Oct	29° / 20°	206	21.8	12	3.7
Nov	29° / 21°	279	25.1	12	3.4
Dec	29° / 21°	239	23	12	3.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	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 (%)	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17
Cloudier (%)	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	78	79	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	18	82
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Orito gets around 206 mm of rain over 21.8 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 71% and peaks near 78% 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 (%)	67	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	78

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% 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
Humid (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	69	68	67	66	64	63	62	62	61	60	59	58	56	56	55	54	52	51	51	49	48	47	45	44	43	41	40	38	37	36	35
Oppressive (%)	27	28	29	30	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	41	42	43	44	46	47	48	50	51	52	54	56	57	59	60	62	63	64	65

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	69	27
2	4	68	28
3	4	67	29
4	4	66	30
5	4	64	32
6	4	63	33
7	4	62	34
8	3	62	35
9	3	61	36
10	3	60	37
11	3	59	38
12	3	58	39
13	3	56	41
14	2	56	42
15	2	55	43
16	2	54	44
17	2	52	46
18	2	51	47
19	1	51	48
20	1	49	50
21	1	48	51
22	1	47	52
23	1	45	54
24	0	44	56
25	0	43	57
26	0	41	59
27	0	40	60
28	0	38	62
29	0	37	63
30	0	36	64
31	0	35	65

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 3 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)	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	3	3
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
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30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:50 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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	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	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:57	5:56
2	12.0	5:56	5:56
3	12.0	5:56	5:56
4	12.0	5:56	5:55
5	12.0	5:55	5:55
6	12.0	5:55	5:55
7	12.0	5:55	5:54
8	12.0	5:55	5:54
9	12.0	5:54	5:54
10	12.0	5:54	5:54
11	12.0	5:54	5:53
12	12.0	5:54	5:53
13	12.0	5:54	5:53
14	12.0	5:53	5:53
15	12.0	5:53	5:52
16	12.0	5:53	5:52
17	12.0	5:53	5:52
18	12.0	5:53	5:52
19	12.0	5:53	5:52
20	12.0	5:52	5:51
21	12.0	5:52	5:51
22	12.0	5:52	5:51
23	12.0	5:52	5:51
24	12.0	5:52	5:51
25	12.0	5:52	5:51
26	12.0	5:52	5:51
27	12.0	5:52	5:51
28	12.0	5:52	5:50
29	12.0	5:52	5:50
30	12.0	5:52	5:50
31	12.0	5:52	5:50

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in September across the year — October's 5.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
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20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Orito?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Orito.

What to pack for Orito in October

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

In October, Orito sees daytime highs around 29°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 Orito 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 Orito peaks around February 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 10 (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	14	12	14	12	12	10	14	13	12	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	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Orito 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 Orito is worst in February — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (July, 9 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)	17	25	20	16	11	10	9	11	13	12	12	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Orito?

Orito sits at 0.7°N, 76.9°W, 349 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Puerto Asís, 46 km away.

Topography around Orito

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orito has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m around an average of 359 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 777 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,932 m.

The land around Orito is covered by trees (57%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km

217 m

trees 57%

16 km

777 m

trees 87%

80 km

3,932 m

trees 90%

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

October weather nearby: Puerto Asís 46 km · Mocoa 59 km · Nueva Loja 65 km · Pasto 76 km · Buesaco 86 km · Ipiales 87 km · Pupiales 88 km · Túquerres 95 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 Orito (0.6675°, -76.873°, elevation 349 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	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	18	82
31	17	83

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	69	27
2	4	68	28
3	4	67	29
4	4	66	30
5	4	64	32
6	4	63	33
7	4	62	34
8	3	62	35
9	3	61	36
10	3	60	37
11	3	59	38
12	3	58	39
13	3	56	41
14	2	56	42
15	2	55	43
16	2	54	44
17	2	52	46
18	2	51	47
19	1	51	48
20	1	49	50
21	1	48	51
22	1	47	52
23	1	45	54
24	0	44	56
25	0	43	57
26	0	41	59
27	0	40	60
28	0	38	62
29	0	37	63
30	0	36	64
31	0	35	65

	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	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	18	82
31	17	83

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	69	27
2	4	68	28
3	4	67	29
4	4	66	30
5	4	64	32
6	4	63	33
7	4	62	34
8	3	62	35
9	3	61	36
10	3	60	37
11	3	59	38
12	3	58	39
13	3	56	41
14	2	56	42
15	2	55	43
16	2	54	44
17	2	52	46
18	2	51	47
19	1	51	48
20	1	49	50
21	1	48	51
22	1	47	52
23	1	45	54
24	0	44	56
25	0	43	57
26	0	41	59
27	0	40	60
28	0	38	62
29	0	37	63
30	0	36	64
31	0	35	65

	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	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	18	82
31	17	83

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	69	27
2	4	68	28
3	4	67	29
4	4	66	30
5	4	64	32
6	4	63	33
7	4	62	34
8	3	62	35
9	3	61	36
10	3	60	37
11	3	59	38
12	3	58	39
13	3	56	41
14	2	56	42
15	2	55	43
16	2	54	44
17	2	52	46
18	2	51	47
19	1	51	48
20	1	49	50
21	1	48	51
22	1	47	52
23	1	45	54
24	0	44	56
25	0	43	57
26	0	41	59
27	0	40	60
28	0	38	62
29	0	37	63
30	0	36	64
31	0	35	65