Castaños weather in October

In October, Castaños sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 39 mm of rain across 6.7 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Castaños's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Castaños's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
7th warmest
Overnight low
15°
6th coldest
Rainfall
39 mm
6.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 24 min
6:50 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
37%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
out of 10

Castaños is municipal seat of Castaños, State of Coahuila, Mexico.

Founded
1674

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical October day in Castaños reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C cooler than September and about 4°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Castaños

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Castaños weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 173.610.57.2
Feb22° / 123.111.18.0
Mar25° / 13°244.311.88.0
Apr29° / 16°275.812.66.2
May32° / 20°4911.613.34.3
Jun33° / 22°5610.213.73.8
Jul32° / 22°8110.213.54.0
Aug32° / 22°649.212.94.3
Sep28° / 19°1211312.25.6
Oct26° / 15°396.711.47.6
Nov22° / 11°213.910.78.0
Dec19° / 193.410.37.4

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in October, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27426
37327
47327
57327
67327
77228
87228
97030
107030
117030
126832
136832
146832
156931
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196931
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227129
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257228
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277327
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317129

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Castaños gets around 39 mm of rain over 6.7 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 22% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
128
227
327
427
526
626
726
826
926
1026
1125
1225
1324
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1523
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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 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1202329261
2212329251
3222429251
4232429241
5232429231
6242429221
7252429211
8252430201
9262430191
10272430181
11292430161
12302530151
13312530140
14322530130
15342530120
16352429110
17372429100
1838242890
1940242880
2042232770
2144232670
2246232560
2347232550
2449222450
2550222350
2652222240
2754212140
2856211940
2958201840
3060201730
3161201630

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:426:27
211.76:436:26
311.76:436:25
411.76:446:24
511.66:446:23
611.66:456:22
711.66:456:21
811.66:466:19
911.56:466:18
1011.56:476:17
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1211.56:486:15
1311.46:486:14
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1711.36:516:10
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1911.36:526:09
2011.36:536:08
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2511.16:566:03
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2711.16:576:02
2811.16:586:01
2911.06:586:00
3011.06:596:00
3111.07:005:59

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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264.6Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Castaños

In seasonPeak

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

Castaños's rainy season runs June–September, 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 Castaños?

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

7.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Castaños for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Castaños in October

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

In October, Castaños sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Castaños in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Castaños peaks around July 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 15UV 12Dec 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Castaños 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 Castaños is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1617 µg/m³Jan 219 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr11Good
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Castaños?

Castaños sits at 26.8°N, 101.4°W, 756 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Monclova, 13 km away.

Topography around Castaños

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Castaños has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m around an average of 777 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,344 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,316 m.

The land around Castaños is covered by shrubs (58%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (81%) within 16 km, and shrubs (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
240 m
16 km
1,344 m
80 km
2,316 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
October weather nearby: Monclova 13 km · Frontera 16 km · San Buenaventura 32 km · Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz 121 km · Sabinas 123 km · Palaú 123 km · Ciudad Sabinas Hidalgo 128 km · Nueva Rosita 129 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

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 Castaños (26.7893°, -101.4321°, elevation 756 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).