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Punta del Este in October

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Punta del Este is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Punta del Este is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 45 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
13h 04mon average

Is October a good time to visit Punta del Este?

A good month, just outside Punta del Este's best months, which run from November to February.

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 67°F in October, against 59°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in October, against 15°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in October, against 21% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in October, against 33% to 55% through the year.

Daylight

13h 04m in October, against 9h 51m to 14h 28m 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. September63°17°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October67°19°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November72°22°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Punta del Este sits, in October

America/Montevideo
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:58 AMsets 6:53 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Montevideo114 km west

The land around Punta del Este, 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 Uruguay in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Punta del Este

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km north-east of Punta del Este. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.