Yarumal weather in October

In October, Yarumal sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 398 mm of rain across 30.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Yarumal's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yarumal's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 398 mm; 30.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:51 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 94%; 10th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; 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 22°C through the month.

A typical October day in Yarumal reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Yarumal weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 14°	131	25.4	11.6	4.2
Feb	22° / 14°	167	24.8	11.8	3.9
Mar	22° / 14°	274	29.8	12	3.5
Apr	23° / 15°	349	29.6	12.1	3.4
May	23° / 15°	439	30.8	12.3	3.4
Jun	23° / 15°	299	29.9	12.4	3.4
Jul	23° / 14°	262	30.5	12.4	3.5
Aug	23° / 14°	272	30.4	12.2	3.5
Sep	23° / 14°	361	29.7	12	3.4
Oct	22° / 14°	398	30.9	11.8	3.3
Nov	22° / 14°	314	29.3	11.7	3.4
Dec	22° / 14°	180	27.3	11.6	3.9

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

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

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Yarumal gets around 398 mm of rain over 30.9 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 99% and peaks near 100% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the humid band about 59% 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
Comfortable (%)	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32
Humid (%)	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

Wind in October

Winds average 4 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.

	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	3	3	3
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
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min 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 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 5:38 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)	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	11.8	11.8	11.8	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	5:52	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	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:52	5:49
2	11.9	5:52	5:48
3	11.9	5:52	5:48
4	11.9	5:52	5:47
5	11.9	5:52	5:47
6	11.9	5:52	5:46
7	11.9	5:52	5:46
8	11.9	5:52	5:45
9	11.9	5:52	5:45
10	11.9	5:52	5:44
11	11.9	5:52	5:44
12	11.9	5:51	5:44
13	11.9	5:51	5:43
14	11.9	5:51	5:43
15	11.8	5:51	5:42
16	11.8	5:51	5:42
17	11.8	5:51	5:42
18	11.8	5:51	5:41
19	11.8	5:51	5:41
20	11.8	5:51	5:41
21	11.8	5:51	5:40
22	11.8	5:52	5:40
23	11.8	5:52	5:40
24	11.8	5:52	5:39
25	11.8	5:52	5:39
26	11.8	5:52	5:39
27	11.8	5:52	5:39
28	11.8	5:52	5:38
29	11.8	5:52	5:38
30	11.8	5:52	5:38
31	11.8	5:53	5:38

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in August across the year — October's 4.55 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	4.8	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
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	4.8	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Yarumal?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

2.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yarumal.

What to pack for Yarumal in October

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

In October, Yarumal sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 31 days see rain.

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UV index in Yarumal 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 Yarumal peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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)	14	16	16	13	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	15	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Yarumal 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 Yarumal is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 12 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)	15	20	25	17	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Yarumal?

Yarumal sits at 7.0°N, 75.4°W, 2,276 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Santa Rosa de Osos, 35 km away.

Topography around Yarumal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yarumal has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 933 m around an average of 2,273 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,079 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,635 m.

The land around Yarumal is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (42%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (48%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

933 m

grassland 52%

16 km

2,079 m

trees 52%

80 km

3,635 m

trees 69%

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

October weather nearby: Santa Rosa de Osos 35 km · Ituango 45 km · Barbosa 59 km · Santa Fe de Antioquia 64 km · Copacabana 69 km · Bello 71 km · San Vicente 76 km · Segovia 80 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 Yarumal (6.9632°, -75.4174°, elevation 2,276 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	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

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

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

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

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

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

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

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

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	36	64
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68