Ribeira weather in October

In October, Ribeira sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 166 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Ribeira's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ribeira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 166 mm; 13.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:54 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical October day in Ribeira reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°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)	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Ribeira weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 5°	163	14	9.2	2.6
Feb	12° / 5°	113	11.2	10.3	3.2
Mar	15° / 6°	124	12.3	11.6	4.2
Apr	16° / 8°	130	14.4	13.1	4.4
May	18° / 10°	111	13.2	14.4	5.5
Jun	21° / 12°	60	8.6	15.1	6.8
Jul	24° / 14°	33	5.9	14.8	7.8
Aug	24° / 14°	48	6.6	13.7	7.8
Sep	22° / 13°	80	8.8	12.3	6.9
Oct	18° / 11°	166	13.9	10.8	5.3
Nov	14° / 8°	168	15	9.6	3.5
Dec	12° / 6°	165	13.7	8.9	2.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	43	43	43	42	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	33
Cloudier (%)	57	57	57	58	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	67

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

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Ribeira gets around 166 mm of rain over 13.9 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 45% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	52	52	53	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	40
9	41
10	42
11	44
12	45
13	46
14	46
15	47
16	48
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	51
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

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 70% 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 (%)	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	66	67	68	69	70	70	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	75	76	77	78
Comfortable (%)	36	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	21	20
Humid (%)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	36	6
2	59	34	7
3	60	33	7
4	61	32	7
5	62	31	7
6	63	30	7
7	64	29	7
8	66	28	6
9	67	27	6
10	68	26	6
11	69	25	6
12	70	24	6
13	70	24	6
14	71	24	5
15	72	23	5
16	72	23	5
17	72	23	5
18	72	24	4
19	72	24	4
20	72	24	4
21	73	24	3
22	73	24	3
23	73	24	3
24	73	24	3
25	73	24	3
26	73	24	3
27	74	23	3
28	75	23	2
29	76	22	2
30	77	21	2
31	78	20	2

Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 6:21 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)	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:11	8:12	8:13
Sunset (PM)	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:37	7:09
2	11.5	7:38	7:07
3	11.4	7:39	7:05
4	11.4	7:40	7:04
5	11.3	7:41	7:02
6	11.3	7:42	7:00
7	11.2	7:44	6:58
8	11.2	7:45	6:57
9	11.1	7:46	6:55
10	11.1	7:47	6:53
11	11.1	7:48	6:51
12	11.0	7:50	6:50
13	11.0	7:51	6:48
14	10.9	7:52	6:46
15	10.9	7:53	6:45
16	10.8	7:54	6:43
17	10.8	7:56	6:42
18	10.7	7:57	6:40
19	10.7	7:58	6:38
20	10.6	7:59	6:37
21	10.6	8:01	6:35
22	10.5	8:02	6:34
23	10.5	8:03	6:32
24	10.4	8:04	6:31
25	10.4	8:06	6:30
26	10.4	8:07	6:28
27	10.3	8:08	6:27
28	10.3	8:09	6:25
29	10.2	8:11	6:24
30	10.2	8:12	6:23
31	10.1	8:13	6:21

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.37 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 2.8 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)	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.6	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Ribeira?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Ribeira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ribeira in October

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

In October, Ribeira sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Ribeira in October

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 54 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Ribeira in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ribeira peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	2	5	6	7	8	9	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Ribeira?

Ribeira sits at 42.7°N, 8.4°W, 158 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is A Estrada, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Ribeira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ribeira has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m around an average of 167 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 823 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,307 m.

The land around Ribeira is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (52%), grassland (24%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

303 m

trees 61%

16 km

823 m

trees 66%

80 km

1,307 m

trees 52%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: A Estrada 7.0 km · Teo 11 km · Santiago de Compostela 18 km · Lalín 28 km · Vilagarcía de Arousa 31 km · Boiro 38 km · Pontevedra 38 km · Poio 38 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Ribeira (42.7381°, -8.4411°, elevation 158 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	20	12
2	20	12
3	20	12
4	20	12
5	20	12
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	19	11
10	19	11
11	19	11
12	19	11
13	18	11
14	18	11
15	18	11
16	18	11
17	18	11
18	18	11
19	18	11
20	18	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	16	10
30	16	10
31	16	10

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	40
9	41
10	42
11	44
12	45
13	46
14	46
15	47
16	48
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	51
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	36	6
2	59	34	7
3	60	33	7
4	61	32	7
5	62	31	7
6	63	30	7
7	64	29	7
8	66	28	6
9	67	27	6
10	68	26	6
11	69	25	6
12	70	24	6
13	70	24	6
14	71	24	5
15	72	23	5
16	72	23	5
17	72	23	5
18	72	24	4
19	72	24	4
20	72	24	4
21	73	24	3
22	73	24	3
23	73	24	3
24	73	24	3
25	73	24	3
26	73	24	3
27	74	23	3
28	75	23	2
29	76	22	2
30	77	21	2
31	78	20	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	40
9	41
10	42
11	44
12	45
13	46
14	46
15	47
16	48
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	51
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	36	6
2	59	34	7
3	60	33	7
4	61	32	7
5	62	31	7
6	63	30	7
7	64	29	7
8	66	28	6
9	67	27	6
10	68	26	6
11	69	25	6
12	70	24	6
13	70	24	6
14	71	24	5
15	72	23	5
16	72	23	5
17	72	23	5
18	72	24	4
19	72	24	4
20	72	24	4
21	73	24	3
22	73	24	3
23	73	24	3
24	73	24	3
25	73	24	3
26	73	24	3
27	74	23	3
28	75	23	2
29	76	22	2
30	77	21	2
31	78	20	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	37
6	38
7	39
8	40
9	41
10	42
11	44
12	45
13	46
14	46
15	47
16	48
17	48
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	49
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	51
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	53
31	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	36	6
2	59	34	7
3	60	33	7
4	61	32	7
5	62	31	7
6	63	30	7
7	64	29	7
8	66	28	6
9	67	27	6
10	68	26	6
11	69	25	6
12	70	24	6
13	70	24	6
14	71	24	5
15	72	23	5
16	72	23	5
17	72	23	5
18	72	24	4
19	72	24	4
20	72	24	4
21	73	24	3
22	73	24	3
23	73	24	3
24	73	24	3
25	73	24	3
26	73	24	3
27	74	23	3
28	75	23	2
29	76	22	2
30	77	21	2
31	78	20	2