Quesada weather in October

In October, Quesada sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 352 mm of rain across 30.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Quesada's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quesada's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 352 mm; 30.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:30 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover: 92%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; 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 24°C through the month.

A typical October day in Quesada reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Quesada weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 16°	80	13.7	11.5	6.3
Feb	24° / 16°	50	9.5	11.7	7.0
Mar	25° / 17°	44	10.5	11.9	6.8
Apr	26° / 17°	80	16.4	12.2	5.5
May	26° / 18°	297	27.6	12.5	3.8
Jun	25° / 19°	303	29.2	12.6	3.5
Jul	25° / 18°	234	28.3	12.5	3.7
Aug	25° / 18°	258	28.8	12.3	3.7
Sep	25° / 18°	315	29.4	12.1	3.5
Oct	24° / 18°	352	30.3	11.8	3.5
Nov	24° / 18°	251	26.1	11.5	4.1
Dec	23° / 17°	137	19.1	11.4	5.4

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 2% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 98%.

	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	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Cloudier (%)	99	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	96	96	96	96	96

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
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	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Quesada gets around 352 mm of rain over 30.3 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 98% and peaks near 99% 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	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	99
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	98
18	98
19	98
20	98
21	98
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	95
30	95
31	94

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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% 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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16
Muggy (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	84

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:10 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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32
Sunset (PM)	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:29	5:24
2	11.9	5:29	5:23
3	11.9	5:29	5:23
4	11.9	5:29	5:22
5	11.9	5:29	5:22
6	11.9	5:29	5:21
7	11.9	5:29	5:20
8	11.8	5:29	5:20
9	11.8	5:29	5:19
10	11.8	5:29	5:19
11	11.8	5:29	5:18
12	11.8	5:29	5:18
13	11.8	5:30	5:17
14	11.8	5:30	5:17
15	11.8	5:30	5:16
16	11.8	5:30	5:16
17	11.8	5:30	5:15
18	11.7	5:30	5:15
19	11.7	5:30	5:14
20	11.7	5:30	5:14
21	11.7	5:30	5:14
22	11.7	5:30	5:13
23	11.7	5:31	5:13
24	11.7	5:31	5:12
25	11.7	5:31	5:12
26	11.7	5:31	5:12
27	11.7	5:31	5:11
28	11.7	5:32	5:11
29	11.7	5:32	5:11
30	11.6	5:32	5:11
31	11.6	5:32	5:10

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in March across the year — October's 3.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Quesada?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Quesada.

What to pack for Quesada in October

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

In October, Quesada sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

Sea temperature near Quesada in October

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 54 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in November near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	29	Tropical
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	28	Tropical
Nov	28	Warm
Dec	28	Tropical

UV index in Quesada in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Quesada peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 10 (very high).

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)	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Quesada 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 Quesada is worst in May — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 10 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)	10	11	13	21	23	21	22	20	18	15	12	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Quesada?

Quesada sits at 10.3°N, 84.4°W, 616 m above sea level, in Costa Rica. The nearest listed city is San_Ramon_, 27 km away.

Topography around Quesada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quesada has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m around an average of 669 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,252 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,407 m.

The land around Quesada is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (38%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

559 m

trees 47%

16 km

2,252 m

trees 59%

80 km

3,407 m

trees 67%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: San_Ramon_ 27 km · La Fortuna 28 km · Monteverde 41 km · Alajuela 42 km · Esparza 45 km · Mercedes Norte 49 km · San Francisco 50 km · Heredia 50 km

Costa Rica travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 59% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $19,970; 2025
Happiness: 7.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 81%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 17.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 516
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 Quesada (10.3266°, -84.432°, elevation 616 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	25	18
2	25	18
3	25	18
4	25	18
5	25	18
6	25	18
7	25	18
8	25	18
9	25	18
10	25	18
11	25	18
12	25	18
13	25	18
14	24	18
15	24	18
16	24	18
17	24	18
18	24	18
19	24	18
20	24	18
21	24	18
22	24	18
23	24	18
24	24	18
25	24	18
26	24	18
27	24	18
28	24	18
29	24	18
30	24	18
31	24	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
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	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	99
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	98
18	98
19	98
20	98
21	98
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	95
30	95
31	94

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
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	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	99
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	98
18	98
19	98
20	98
21	98
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	95
30	95
31	94

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	1	99
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
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	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	99
2	99
3	99
4	99
5	99
6	99
7	99
8	98
9	98
10	98
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	98
18	98
19	98
20	98
21	98
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	96
27	96
28	96
29	95
30	95
31	94

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	9	91
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	16	84