Ilave weather in October

In October, Ilave sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 76 mm of precipitation across 14.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Ilave's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilave's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
7th coldest
Precipitation
76 mm
14.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:13 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Ilave is capital city of El Collao, Puno, Peru.

Founded
1782

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 16°C through the month.

A typical October day in Ilave reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Ilave

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Ilave weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 22227.80.312.92.4
Feb14° / 20225.30.512.52.3
Mar14° / 16425.60.312.12.6
Apr14° / 7515.90.211.63.7
May15° / 226.3011.35.0
Jun14° / 123.30.211.15.1
Jul14° / 123.20.511.15.1
Aug14° / 246.10.711.55.0
Sep15° / 5010.80.711.94.7
Oct16° / 7614.70.912.44.3
Nov16° / 77160.212.84.2
Dec15° / 15323.50.312.93.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 52%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26436
36337
46337
56139
66040
75941
85842
95644
105446
115347
125149
134951
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154753
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Ilave gets around 76 mm of rain and snow over 14.7 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 47% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1424
2424
3434
4433
5433
6443
7443
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31482

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 5:32 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:235:32
212.25:235:32
312.25:225:32
412.25:215:32
512.25:205:33
612.25:205:33
712.25:195:33
812.25:185:33
912.35:175:33
1012.35:175:33
1112.35:165:34
1212.35:155:34
1312.35:155:34
1412.35:145:34
1512.45:135:35
1612.45:135:35
1712.45:125:35
1812.45:115:35
1912.45:115:36
2012.45:105:36
2112.45:105:36
2212.55:095:36
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2612.55:075:38
2712.55:075:38
2812.55:065:38
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3112.65:055:40

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 7.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 kWh/m² in November across the year — October's 7.91 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
27.7Intense
37.8Intense
47.8Intense
57.8Intense
67.8Intense
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268.0Intense
278.0Intense
288.1Intense
298.1Intense
308.1Intense
318.1Intense
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Ilave

In seasonPeak

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

Ilave's monsoon runs December–March, 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 Ilave?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

October is a reasonable time to visit Ilave for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ilave in October

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

In October, Ilave sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Ilave in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ilave peaks around February 9 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 19Jun 21UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan19Extreme
Feb19Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct17Extreme
Nov17Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Ilave?

Ilave sits at 16.1°S, 69.7°W, 3,841 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Puno, 47 km away.

SorataTiahuanacoLaja

Topography around Ilave

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilave has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 3,850 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 743 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,579 m.

The land around Ilave is covered by grassland (47%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
135 m
16 km
743 m
80 km
1,579 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
October weather nearby: Puno 47 km · Isla del Sol 56 km · Copacabana 63 km · Juliaca 82 km · San Miguel 83 km · Sorata 114 km · Tiahuanaco 118 km · Laja 146 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 51% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$9,684
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
49%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.6
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
13.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 519
Religion
Catholic 76%Evangelical Christian 16%no religion 5%other religions 3%

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 Ilave (-16.0833°, -69.6667°, elevation 3,841 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).