Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather in October

In October, Santo Domingo de los Colorados sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 118 mm of rain across 22.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°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 12 hours at the start of October to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Santo Domingo de los Colorados's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santo Domingo de los Colorados's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
7th warmest
Overnight low
20°
4th coldest
Rainfall
118 mm
22.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:02 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
93%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
3.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Santo Domingo de los Colorados is city in Ecuador, capital of the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province.

Density
5,743/km²
people per km²
Founded
1899

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical October day in Santo Domingo de los Colorados reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Santo Domingo de los Colorados weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 21°37629.6123.5
Feb27° / 21°40326.8123.4
Mar27° / 21°41429.7123.4
Apr27° / 21°39128.3123.4
May27° / 21°25227.5123.7
Jun26° / 21°12321.4124.4
Jul26° / 20°8718.9125.0
Aug26° / 20°5915.7125.3
Sep26° / 20°8719.1124.7
Oct27° / 20°11822.6124.3
Nov27° / 20°13120.9124.4
Dec27° / 21°23526.1123.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 100%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1199
2199
3199
4199
5199
6199
7199
8199
9199
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11199
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Santo Domingo de los Colorados gets around 118 mm of rain over 22.6 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 74% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
176
277
377
477
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677
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1576
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1973
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2172
2271
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2570
2669
2769
2869
2969
3069
3169

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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17624
27723
37723
47822
57822
67921
77921
87921
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Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
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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 6:06 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:066:06
212.06:056:05
312.06:056:05
412.06:056:05
512.06:046:05
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.26 kWh/m² to a high of 3.82 kWh/m² in March across the year — October's 3.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.4Moderate
23.4Moderate
33.4Moderate
43.4Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.5Moderate
73.5Moderate
83.5Moderate
93.5Moderate
103.5Moderate
113.5Moderate
123.5Moderate
133.5Moderate
143.5Moderate
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263.5Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.5Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Santo Domingo de los Colorados

In seasonPeak

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

Santo Domingo de los Colorados's rainy season runs December–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Santo Domingo de los Colorados?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Santo Domingo de los Colorados for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santo Domingo de los Colorados in October

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

In October, Santo Domingo de los Colorados sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Santo Domingo de los Colorados 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados peaks around February 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 18 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 20UV 16Jul 18UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Santo Domingo de los Colorados 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados is worst in November — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateNov 1724 µg/m³Jul 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Santo Domingo de los Colorados?

Santo Domingo de los Colorados sits at 0.3°S, 79.2°W, 555 m above sea level, in Ecuador. The nearest listed city is Mindo, 50 km away.

Topography around Santo Domingo de los Colorados

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santo Domingo de los Colorados.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santo Domingo de los Colorados has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 536 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,314 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,013 m.

The land around Santo Domingo de los Colorados is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (75%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
137 m
16 km
1,314 m
80 km
5,013 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
October weather nearby: Mindo 50 km · Quito 72 km · Rosa Zarate 73 km · Machachi 73 km · La Maná 77 km · Valencia 80 km · Pomasqui 83 km · Quevedo 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
Roman Catholic 68%Protestant 19%none 8%other 2%

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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados (-0.2537°, -79.1763°, elevation 555 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).