Catamayo weather in October

In October, Catamayo sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 88 mm of rain across 16.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-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 7% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Catamayo's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catamayo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 88 mm; 16.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:00 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Catamayo is city of Loja Province, Ecuador.

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 22°C through the month.

A typical October day in Catamayo 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 20°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	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	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
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20	22	14
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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

Catamayo weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 1st-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	21° / 14°	167	22.5	12.2	4.5
Feb	21° / 14°	195	22.8	12.1	4.1
Mar	21° / 14°	204	24.2	12	4.1
Apr	21° / 14°	148	20.9	11.9	4.6
May	21° / 14°	82	16.3	11.8	5.5
Jun	21° / 13°	49	11.7	11.8	6.1
Jul	20° / 13°	37	10.1	11.8	6.4
Aug	21° / 13°	24	6.9	11.9	7.0
Sep	22° / 14°	36	8.4	12	6.8
Oct	22° / 14°	88	16.2	12.1	5.5
Nov	22° / 14°	133	19.2	12.2	4.9
Dec	21° / 14°	148	21.8	12.2	4.6

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 19% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	36	35	35	34	34	33	32	30	31	30	30	29	28	28	28	26	26	25	25	23	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	16	16	16	16
Cloudier (%)	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	70	69	70	70	71	72	72	72	74	74	75	75	77	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	84	84	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Catamayo gets around 88 mm of rain over 16.2 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 52% and peaks near 62% 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 (%)	41	42	43	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	60	60	60	61	61	62	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	44
6	44
7	45
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	48
12	49
13	49
14	50
15	51
16	52
17	53
18	54
19	55
20	56
21	57
22	58
23	58
24	59
25	60
26	60
27	60
28	61
29	61
30	62
31	62

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 74% 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 (%)	89	88	87	86	85	85	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	75	74	73	72	70	69	68	67	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	62	61
Comfortable (%)	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	25	26	27	28	30	31	32	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	61	39

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	6	calm
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18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	5	calm
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29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:05 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	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:05	6:07
2	12.0	6:05	6:07
3	12.0	6:05	6:07
4	12.0	6:04	6:07
5	12.0	6:04	6:07
6	12.1	6:03	6:06
7	12.1	6:03	6:06
8	12.1	6:03	6:06
9	12.1	6:02	6:06
10	12.1	6:02	6:06
11	12.1	6:01	6:06
12	12.1	6:01	6:06
13	12.1	6:01	6:05
14	12.1	6:00	6:05
15	12.1	6:00	6:05
16	12.1	6:00	6:05
17	12.1	5:59	6:05
18	12.1	5:59	6:05
19	12.1	5:59	6:05
20	12.1	5:59	6:05
21	12.1	5:58	6:05
22	12.1	5:58	6:05
23	12.1	5:58	6:05
24	12.1	5:58	6:05
25	12.1	5:58	6:05
26	12.1	5:57	6:05
27	12.1	5:57	6:05
28	12.1	5:57	6:05
29	12.1	5:57	6:05
30	12.1	5:57	6:05
31	12.1	5:57	6:05

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in September across the year — October's 5.48 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Catamayo

In seasonPeak

None of Catamayo's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Catamayo's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Catamayo?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Catamayo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Catamayo in October

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

In October, Catamayo sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Catamayo in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Catamayo peaks around February 17 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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)	17	18	17	14	14	12	12	12	14	15	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Catamayo 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 Catamayo is worst in November — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 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)	14	15	15	14	12	11	10	14	19	15	21	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	12	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Catamayo?

Catamayo sits at 4.0°S, 79.4°W, 1,452 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Loja, 17 km away.

Topography around Catamayo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catamayo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 567 m around an average of 1,336 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,111 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,846 m.

The land around Catamayo is covered by grassland (54%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

567 m

grassland 54%

16 km

2,111 m

grassland 59%

80 km

3,846 m

trees 61%

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

October weather nearby: Loja 17 km · Vilcabamba 34 km · Cariamanga 44 km · Zamora 46 km · Piñas 50 km · Pasaje 89 km · Santa Rosa 89 km · Arenillas 92 km

Ecuador travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,125; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 70%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 45.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 466
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 Catamayo (-3.9866°, -79.3576°, elevation 1,452 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	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	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	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	44
6	44
7	45
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	48
12	49
13	49
14	50
15	51
16	52
17	53
18	54
19	55
20	56
21	57
22	58
23	58
24	59
25	60
26	60
27	60
28	61
29	61
30	62
31	62

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	61	39

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	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	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	44
6	44
7	45
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	48
12	49
13	49
14	50
15	51
16	52
17	53
18	54
19	55
20	56
21	57
22	58
23	58
24	59
25	60
26	60
27	60
28	61
29	61
30	62
31	62

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	61	39

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	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	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	28	72
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	44
6	44
7	45
8	46
9	46
10	47
11	48
12	49
13	49
14	50
15	51
16	52
17	53
18	54
19	55
20	56
21	57
22	58
23	58
24	59
25	60
26	60
27	60
28	61
29	61
30	62
31	62

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	79	21
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	68	32
22	67	33
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	61	39