Salinas de Hidalgo weather in October

In October, Salinas de Hidalgo sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 28 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Salinas de Hidalgo's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salinas de Hidalgo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 28 mm; 4.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:48 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 8th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Salinas de Hidalgo is municipal seat of Salinas, State of San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Founded: 1596

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 24°C through the month.

A typical October day in Salinas de Hidalgo reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 2°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	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Salinas de Hidalgo weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 6°	14	2.3	10.8	7.6
Feb	22° / 7°	12	2.1	11.2	8.3
Mar	25° / 9°	9	2.1	11.8	8.6
Apr	27° / 12°	10	2.8	12.5	7.7
May	28° / 14°	31	6.6	13.1	6.6
Jun	27° / 15°	57	8.7	13.4	6.8
Jul	26° / 14°	70	9.1	13.2	7.0
Aug	26° / 14°	59	7.7	12.8	7.2
Sep	24° / 14°	67	9.9	12.1	7.0
Oct	24° / 11°	28	4.9	11.5	8.0
Nov	22° / 8°	12	2.1	10.9	8.3
Dec	20° / 6°	8	1.8	10.6	7.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	57	58	58	59	60	60	60	61	62	63	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	69	70	71	71	71	73	73	72	72	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	43	42	42	41	40	40	40	39	38	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	32	31	30	29	29	29	27	27	28	28	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Salinas de Hidalgo gets around 28 mm of rain over 4.9 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 16% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. 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	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9

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

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 89% 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 (%)	76	77	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	91	91	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	97
Comfortable (%)	24	23	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

Wind in October

Winds average 14 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:05 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)	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:42	6:30
2	11.8	6:42	6:29
3	11.7	6:43	6:28
4	11.7	6:43	6:27
5	11.7	6:43	6:26
6	11.7	6:44	6:25
7	11.7	6:44	6:24
8	11.6	6:45	6:23
9	11.6	6:45	6:22
10	11.6	6:45	6:21
11	11.6	6:46	6:20
12	11.6	6:46	6:19
13	11.5	6:47	6:18
14	11.5	6:47	6:18
15	11.5	6:47	6:17
16	11.5	6:48	6:16
17	11.4	6:48	6:15
18	11.4	6:49	6:14
19	11.4	6:49	6:13
20	11.4	6:50	6:13
21	11.4	6:50	6:12
22	11.3	6:51	6:11
23	11.3	6:51	6:10
24	11.3	6:52	6:10
25	11.3	6:52	6:09
26	11.3	6:53	6:08
27	11.2	6:53	6:08
28	11.2	6:54	6:07
29	11.2	6:54	6:07
30	11.2	6:55	6:06
31	11.2	6:55	6:05

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in May across the year — October's 5.42 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	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	5.3	5.2
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Salinas de Hidalgo?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

6.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Salinas de Hidalgo in October

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

In October, Salinas de Hidalgo sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Salinas de Hidalgo 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 Salinas de Hidalgo peaks around June 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (high).

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)	7	10	12	14	14	14	13	14	12	10	7	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

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

Location & terrain

Where is Salinas de Hidalgo?

Salinas de Hidalgo sits at 22.6°N, 101.7°W, 2,076 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Loreto, 48 km away.

Topography around Salinas de Hidalgo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salinas de Hidalgo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 2,083 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,341 m.

The land around Salinas de Hidalgo is covered by shrubs (54%) within 3 km, shrubs (70%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (68%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

64 m

shrubs 54%

16 km

711 m

shrubs 70%

80 km

1,341 m

shrubs 68%

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← September Salinas de Hidalgo year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Loreto 48 km · Rincón de Romos 77 km · Pabellón de Arteaga 79 km · Guadalupe 84 km · San Francisco de los Romo 84 km · Zacatecas 90 km · San Luis Potosí 93 km · Soledad de Graciano Sánchez 94 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 Salinas de Hidalgo (22.6279°, -101.7142°, elevation 2,076 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	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	12
11	24	12
12	24	12
13	24	12
14	24	12
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	24	11
20	24	11
21	24	11
22	24	11
23	24	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	10
30	23	10
31	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3