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Compostela in October

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Compostela is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Compostela is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 60% of days
Daylight
11h 37mon average

Is October a good time to visit Compostela?

October sits outside Compostela's best months, which run from December to March. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 89°F in October, against 83°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in October, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

60% of days in October, against 1% to 92% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in October, against 38% to 84% through the year.

Daylight

11h 37m in October, against 10h 53m to 13h 23m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September89°32°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. October89°32°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November88°31°low 72°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Compostela sits, in October

America/Mazatlan
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:56 AMsets 5:38 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
21.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bahía de Banderas32 km south-west

The land around Compostela, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mexico in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Compostela

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Compostela. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (159 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (159 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.