Madera weather in October

In October, Madera sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 5.1 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Madera's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 36 mm; 5.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:19 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Madera is municipal seat of Madera, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical October day in Madera reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 3°C cooler than September and about 4°C warmer than 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

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

How October really feels in Madera

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Madera weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / -0°	35	4.7	1.5	10.3	4.6
Feb	15° / 1°	40	5.3	2.2	11	5.2
Mar	18° / 3°	25	4	1.2	11.8	7.0
Apr	22° / 5°	12	2.3	0.2	12.7	8.3
May	26° / 9°	12	2.8	0	13.4	8.5
Jun	29° / 13°	48	9.4	0	13.8	6.0
Jul	27° / 14°	222	23.9	0	13.7	4.5
Aug	26° / 14°	173	21.7	0	13	5.0
Sep	25° / 12°	79	12.3	0	12.2	6.7
Oct	22° / 8°	36	5.1	0.1	11.3	8.0
Nov	18° / 3°	27	3.6	0.4	10.5	7.0
Dec	14° / 0°	42	4.6	2.1	10.2	4.7

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	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 (%)	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	84	83	83	83	84	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	80
Cloudier (%)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Madera gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 5.1 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 17% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease 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 (%)	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12

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

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 95% 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 (%)	84	85	86	87	88	88	90	91	92	93	94	94	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	84	15	1
2	85	14	1
3	86	13	1
4	87	12	1
5	88	11	1
6	88	11	1
7	90	10	0
8	91	9	0
9	92	8	0
10	93	7	0
11	94	6	0
12	94	6	0
13	95	5	0
14	96	4	0
15	96	4	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	99	1	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0
31	100	0	0

Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:23 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:10	5:53
2	11.7	6:10	5:52
3	11.7	6:11	5:51
4	11.6	6:12	5:50
5	11.6	6:12	5:48
6	11.6	6:13	5:47
7	11.5	6:13	5:46
8	11.5	6:14	5:45
9	11.5	6:15	5:44
10	11.5	6:15	5:43
11	11.4	6:16	5:42
12	11.4	6:16	5:40
13	11.4	6:17	5:39
14	11.3	6:18	5:38
15	11.3	6:18	5:37
16	11.3	6:19	5:36
17	11.3	6:20	5:35
18	11.2	6:20	5:34
19	11.2	6:21	5:33
20	11.2	6:22	5:32
21	11.1	6:22	5:31
22	11.1	6:23	5:30
23	11.1	6:24	5:29
24	11.1	6:25	5:28
25	11.0	6:25	5:27
26	11.0	6:26	5:27
27	11.0	6:27	5:26
28	11.0	6:27	5:25
29	10.9	6:28	5:24
30	10.9	6:29	5:23
31	10.9	6:30	5:23

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.81 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in May across the year — October's 5.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8
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	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	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	5.0	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Madera

In seasonPeak

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

Madera's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Madera?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Madera for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Madera in October

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

In October, Madera sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: light clothes, a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothesa warm layersun protection

UV index in Madera 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 Madera peaks around June 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

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)	6	7	10	12	12	14	13	12	11	8	6	5
Level	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	7	High
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Madera?

Madera sits at 29.2°N, 108.1°W, 2,117 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Nuevo Casas Grandes, 138 km away.

Topography around Madera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madera has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m around an average of 2,145 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,421 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,480 m.

The land around Madera is covered by trees (35%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

268 m

trees 35%

16 km

1,421 m

trees 68%

80 km

2,480 m

trees 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: Nuevo Casas Grandes 138 km · Cuauhtémoc 152 km · Chihuahua 209 km · Juan Aldama 220 km · Esperanza 250 km · Ciudad Obregón 259 km · Navojoa 268 km · Agua Prieta 272 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

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 Madera (29.1927°, -108.1433°, elevation 2,117 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. 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	24	10
2	24	10
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	24	9
7	24	9
8	23	9
9	23	9
10	23	9
11	23	9
12	23	8
13	23	8
14	23	8
15	22	8
16	22	8
17	22	8
18	22	7
19	22	7
20	22	7
21	21	7
22	21	7
23	21	7
24	21	6
25	21	6
26	21	6
27	21	6
28	20	6
29	20	5
30	20	5
31	20	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	84	15	1
2	85	14	1
3	86	13	1
4	87	12	1
5	88	11	1
6	88	11	1
7	90	10	0
8	91	9	0
9	92	8	0
10	93	7	0
11	94	6	0
12	94	6	0
13	95	5	0
14	96	4	0
15	96	4	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	99	1	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0
31	100	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	84	15	1
2	85	14	1
3	86	13	1
4	87	12	1
5	88	11	1
6	88	11	1
7	90	10	0
8	91	9	0
9	92	8	0
10	93	7	0
11	94	6	0
12	94	6	0
13	95	5	0
14	96	4	0
15	96	4	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	99	1	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0
31	100	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	84	15	1
2	85	14	1
3	86	13	1
4	87	12	1
5	88	11	1
6	88	11	1
7	90	10	0
8	91	9	0
9	92	8	0
10	93	7	0
11	94	6	0
12	94	6	0
13	95	5	0
14	96	4	0
15	96	4	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	99	1	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0
31	100	0	0