San Salvador El Seco weather in October

In October, San Salvador El Seco sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 76 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is San Salvador El Seco's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Salvador El Seco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
9th warmest
Overnight low
10°
7th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:29 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
60%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

San Salvador El Seco is municipal seat of San Salvador el Seco, State of Puebla, Mexico.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical October day in San Salvador El Seco reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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San Salvador El Seco weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 153.1117.6
Feb21° / 153.111.48.0
Mar23° / 397.811.97.6
Apr24° / 721212.46.8
May23° / 11°11316.712.96.0
Jun23° / 11°15716.713.15.6
Jul22° / 10°10613.9136.0
Aug23° / 11°11814.812.65.9
Sep21° / 11°14216.412.15.3
Oct21° / 10°7610.611.66.4
Nov21° / 285.311.17.3
Dec20° / 112.410.97.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% 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 (%)
13169
23169
33169
43367
53367
63664
73664
83763
93961
103961
114159
124258
134357
144456
154654
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235644
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275842
285842
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

San Salvador El Seco gets around 76 mm of rain over 10.6 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 35% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
146
246
345
445
544
643
742
841
940
1039
1138
1237
1336
1434
1533
1632
1731
1830
1929
2029
2128
2228
2328
2429
2529
2629
2729
2829
2929
3028
3128

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1937
2937
3937
4937
5937
6946
7946
8946
9946
10955
11955
12955
13955
14964
15964
16964
17973
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26973
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28973
29982
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31982

Wind in October

Winds average 8 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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158calm
168calm
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318calm

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 6:25 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:256:14
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411.86:256:12
511.86:266:11
611.76:266:10
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1711.56:296:02
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1911.56:306:00
2011.56:306:00
2111.56:315:59
2211.56:315:58
2311.46:315:58
2411.46:325:57
2511.46:325:56
2611.46:335:56
2711.46:335:55
2811.46:345:55
2911.36:345:54
3011.36:345:54
3111.36:355:53

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 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in April across the year — October's 5.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for San Salvador El Seco

In seasonPeak

In October, San Salvador El Seco sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

San Salvador El Seco's rainy season runs April–October, 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 San Salvador El Seco?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit San Salvador El Seco for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Salvador El Seco in October

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

In October, San Salvador El Seco sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in San Salvador El Seco 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 San Salvador El Seco peaks around April 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 11UV 15Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun14Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in San Salvador El Seco 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 San Salvador El Seco is worst in May — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (October, 38 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMay 1268 µg/m³Oct 1138 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May69Unhealthy
Jun48Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug38Poor
Sep39Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov49Poor
Dec59Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is San Salvador El Seco?

San Salvador El Seco sits at 19.1°N, 97.6°W, 2,437 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Acatzingo, 22 km away.

Topography around San Salvador El Seco

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Salvador El Seco.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Salvador El Seco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m around an average of 2,387 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 750 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,927 m.

The land around San Salvador El Seco is covered by cropland (48%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (32%), cropland (24%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
244 m
16 km
750 m
80 km
4,927 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
October weather nearby: Acatzingo 22 km · Palmarito Tochapan 26 km · Ciudad Serdán 26 km · Los Reyes de Juárez 27 km · Tecamachalco 29 km · Acajete 33 km · Tepeaca 33 km · Tepatlaxco de Hidalgo 35 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 San Salvador El Seco (19.1333°, -97.6417°, elevation 2,437 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).