Bartica weather in October

In October, Bartica sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 135 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in October, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Bartica's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bartica's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 135 mm; 22.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 5:44 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Bartica is Regional capital of Cuyuni-Mazaruni or Region N.7 administered de facto by Guyana and claimed by Venezuela.

Founded: 1842

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 31°C through the month.

A typical October day in Bartica reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 1°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
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20	31	24
21	30	24
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24	30	24
25	30	24
26	30	24
27	30	24
28	30	24
29	30	24
30	30	24
31	30	24

How October really feels in Bartica

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bartica weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 23°	145	22.4	11.7	4.3
Feb	28° / 23°	95	17.7	11.8	4.6
Mar	29° / 23°	89	17.2	12	4.6
Apr	29° / 24°	138	19.9	12.1	4.0
May	29° / 24°	278	26.3	12.3	3.4
Jun	29° / 23°	331	29.1	12.4	3.0
Jul	29° / 23°	279	29.7	12.3	3.0
Aug	30° / 24°	199	26.9	12.2	3.1
Sep	31° / 24°	123	20.9	12	3.5
Oct	31° / 24°	135	22.2	11.9	3.5
Nov	30° / 24°	190	24.5	11.7	3.3
Dec	29° / 23°	204	27.1	11.6	3.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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 (%)	51	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	49	48	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	44	44	44	42	42	41	40	38	38	38	37	36	36
Cloudier (%)	49	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	51	52	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	56	58	58	59	60	62	62	62	63	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	36	64
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Bartica gets around 135 mm of rain over 22.2 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 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	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	75	76	77	77	78	78	78

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the miserable band about 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Oppressive (%)	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	28
Miserable (%)	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	74	74	73	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	25	75
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	27	73
31	28	72

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

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.

	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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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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 5:45 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 5:31 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	11.9	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:45	5:42
2	11.9	5:45	5:41
3	11.9	5:45	5:41
4	11.9	5:45	5:40
5	11.9	5:45	5:40
6	11.9	5:45	5:39
7	11.9	5:44	5:39
8	11.9	5:44	5:38
9	11.9	5:44	5:38
10	11.9	5:44	5:38
11	11.9	5:44	5:37
12	11.9	5:44	5:37
13	11.9	5:44	5:36
14	11.9	5:44	5:36
15	11.9	5:44	5:36
16	11.9	5:44	5:35
17	11.9	5:44	5:35
18	11.8	5:44	5:35
19	11.8	5:44	5:34
20	11.8	5:44	5:34
21	11.8	5:44	5:34
22	11.8	5:44	5:33
23	11.8	5:44	5:33
24	11.8	5:44	5:33
25	11.8	5:44	5:32
26	11.8	5:44	5:32
27	11.8	5:44	5:32
28	11.8	5:44	5:32
29	11.8	5:44	5:32
30	11.8	5:45	5:31
31	11.8	5:45	5:31

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.85 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in September across the year — October's 5.23 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	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8
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	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	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Bartica?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bartica.

What to pack for Bartica in October

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

In October, Bartica sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bartica 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 Bartica peaks around March 23 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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)	12	13	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Bartica 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 Bartica is worst in April — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 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)	18	21	23	26	23	19	15	12	13	15	14	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bartica?

Bartica sits at 6.4°N, 58.6°W, 0 m above sea level, in Guyana. The nearest listed city is Parika, 53 km away.

Topography around Bartica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bartica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 m.

The land around Bartica is covered by water (69%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km

63 m

water 69%

16 km

125 m

trees 83%

80 km

463 m

trees 82%

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

October weather nearby: Parika 53 km · Linden 56 km · Georgetown 68 km · New Amsterdam 124 km · Mabaruma 237 km · Tumeremo 333 km · El Dorado 335 km · Santa Elena de Uairén 341 km

Guyana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B / D / G; 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,414; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2011
Safe drinking water: 67%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 19.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 22.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Bartica (6.4054°, -58.6233°, elevation 0 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	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	30	24
22	30	24
23	30	24
24	30	24
25	30	24
26	30	24
27	30	24
28	30	24
29	30	24
30	30	24
31	30	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	25	75
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	27	73
31	28	72

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	25	75
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	27	73
31	28	72

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	41	59
25	40	60
26	38	62
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	25	75
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	27	73
31	28	72