Frontera weather in October

In October, Frontera sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 207 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in October, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Frontera's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Frontera's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
8th warmest
Overnight low
25°
6th coldest
Rainfall
207 mm
19.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:08 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover
60%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Frontera is municipal seat of Centla, State of Tabasco, Mexico.

Density
3,799/km²
people per km²
Founded
1780

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 29°C through the month.

A typical October day in Frontera reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C cooler than September and about 1°C warmer than November.

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

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Frontera weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 22°558.9117.0
Feb28° / 22°345.911.46.9
Mar30° / 24°194.111.95.8
Apr33° / 25°224.612.44.5
May33° / 27°558.812.93.5
Jun32° / 26°16918.513.13.1
Jul32° / 26°10315.7133.4
Aug32° / 26°15719.812.63.1
Sep31° / 25°23124.512.13.0
Oct29° / 25°20719.311.64.2
Nov28° / 23°10613.111.15.8
Dec27° / 22°588.810.96.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33664
43664
53763
63862
74060
84060
94159
104258
114357
124456
134456
144555
154555
164654
174852
184852
194951
205050
215149
225248
235347
245446
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275644
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Frontera gets around 207 mm of rain over 19.3 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 63% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
177
277
376
475
574
673
773
872
971
1070
1170
1269
1368
1467
1566
1665
1764
1862
1961
2059
2158
2256
2355
2454
2553
2652
2751
2851
2950
3050
3149

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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1022771
2022771
3022870
4022969
5023068
6023167
7033166
8033265
9033364
10033463
11043561
12043660
13043759
14053956
15054055
16064153
17064351
18074449
19174547
20184745
21194843
221104941
231105039
241115137
251125136
261125334
272135332
282135530
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302155627
312155726

Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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512calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:055:55
211.86:055:54
311.86:055:53
411.86:055:52
511.86:055:51
611.76:065:50
711.76:065:50
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911.76:065:48
1011.76:075:47
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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 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in May across the year — October's 4.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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294.7Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Frontera

In seasonPeak

In October, Frontera sits inside its atlantic hurricane and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Frontera sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

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

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

Is October a good time to visit Frontera?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Frontera for sightseeing.

What to pack for Frontera in October

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

In October, Frontera sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Frontera in October

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in January near 25°C.

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

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr27Warm
May28Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Frontera in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Frontera peaks around August 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 17UV 13Jan 1UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May7High
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Frontera 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 Frontera is worst in May — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodMay 1638 µg/m³Nov 2010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May39Poor
Jun30Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Frontera?

Frontera sits at 18.5°N, 92.6°W, 5 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Taxco, 59 km away.

Topography around Frontera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Frontera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m.

The land around Frontera is covered by mangroves (26%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, water (32%) and wetland (32%) within 16 km, and water (38%) and wetland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
85 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
October weather nearby: Taxco 59 km · Jalpa de Méndez 60 km · Paraiso 62 km · Comalcalco 68 km · Villahermosa 69 km · Cunduacán 77 km · Playas del Rosario 83 km · Ciudad del Carmen 87 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 Frontera (18.5433°, -92.6453°, elevation 5 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).