Tecax weather in October

In October, Tecax sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 96 mm of rain across 14.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Tecax's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tecax's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
8th warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
96 mm
14.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
5:56 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
61%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Tecax is city in Yucatan, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical October day in Tecax reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°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 Tecax

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.

Tecax weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°224.510.96.0
Feb32° / 19°102.511.35.1
Mar34° / 20°132.611.93.8
Apr36° / 22°274.612.42.6
May36° / 24°527.612.92.1
Jun35° / 24°11615.913.22.3
Jul35° / 24°7716.313.12.2
Aug35° / 24°9817.912.72.1
Sep34° / 24°13519.912.12.4
Oct32° / 22°9614.211.53.6
Nov31° / 20°326.5115.1
Dec30° / 19°204.210.85.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23763
33961
43961
54159
64258
74357
84456
94555
104654
114753
124852
134852
144852
154951
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Tecax gets around 96 mm of rain over 14.2 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 47% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
163
262
360
459
558
657
756
855
954
1053
1152
1251
1350
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1548
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1746
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2043
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2240
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2735
2835
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3033
3132

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
100156925
200156925
300166924
400166924
500167023
600276922
701276921
801286920
901386820
1001396819
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28031324519
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31131425507

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 9 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
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
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319calm

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 5:52 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 5:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:525:41
211.85:525:40
311.85:525:39
411.85:525:38
511.75:535:37
611.75:535:36
711.75:535:35
811.75:545:34
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2011.55:585:25
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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 4.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in April across the year — October's 4.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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34.7Bright
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264.4Bright
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284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Tecax

In seasonPeak

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

Tecax's rainy season runs June–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 Tecax?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tecax.

What to pack for Tecax in October

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

In October, Tecax sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tecax 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 Tecax peaks around June 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highHighJun 16UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Tecax 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 Tecax is worst in April — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (January, 8 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1928 µg/m³Jan 18 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tecax?

Tecax sits at 20.2°N, 89.3°W, 37 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Oxkutzkab, 18 km away.

Topography around Tecax

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tecax has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m.

The land around Tecax is covered by trees (76%) within 3 km, trees (92%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
202 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
October weather nearby: Oxkutzkab 18 km · Ek Balam 25 km · Ticul 34 km · Peto 39 km · Izamal 86 km · Kanasín 86 km · Umán 89 km · Chichen Itza 91 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 Tecax (20.2052°, -89.2852°, elevation 37 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).