The warmest places in North America in October: ranked by average high temperature

Ciudad Obregón tops the list at 35 °C in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in October: Ciudad Obregón (35 °C) , Los Mochis (34 °C) , Hermosillo (33 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 5.5 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 35 °C 35 °C 21 °C 28 mm 3 338 h
2 Los Mochis Mexico 34 °C 34 °C 23 °C 27 mm 3 340 h 29 °C
3 Hermosillo Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 19 °C 21 mm 2 336 h
4 Culiacán Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 22 °C 45 mm 5 334 h
5 Mexicali Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 18 °C 5 mm 1 335 h
6 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 33 °C 33 °C 18 °C 5 mm 1 335 h
7 La Paz Mexico 32 °C 32 °C 23 °C 17 mm 3 343 h 29 °C
8 Dessalines Haiti 32 °C 32 °C 24 °C 128 mm 18 321 h
9 Phoenix United States 32 °C 32 °C 16 °C 21 mm 2 329 h
10 Port-au-Prince Haiti 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 187 mm 22 318 h 30 °C
11 Mesa United States 31 °C 31 °C 16 °C 20 mm 2 330 h
12 Bayamo Cuba 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 141 mm 20 315 h
13 Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic 31 °C 31 °C 22 °C 82 mm 15 318 h
14 Guantánamo Cuba 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 114 mm 18 320 h
15 Mérida Mexico 31 °C 31 °C 23 °C 91 mm 13 318 h
16 Carrefour Haiti 31 °C 31 °C 24 °C 166 mm 22 321 h 30 °C
17 Saint-Marc Haiti 31 °C 31 °C 25 °C 92 mm 19 324 h 30 °C
18 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 31 °C 31 °C 25 °C 24 mm 3 344 h 29 °C
19 Nuevo Laredo Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 20 °C 44 mm 5 296 h
20 Reynosa Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 21 °C 64 mm 8 305 h
21 Campeche Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 109 mm 15 320 h 29 °C
22 Port-de-Paix Haiti 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 130 mm 20 325 h 29 °C
23 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 148 mm 19 306 h 30 °C
24 San Juan Puerto Rico 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 113 mm 20 326 h 29 °C
25 San Miguel El Salvador 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 298 mm 24 298 h
26 Carolina Puerto Rico 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 151 mm 24 326 h 29 °C
27 Managua Nicaragua 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 207 mm 22 291 h
28 La Romana Dominican Republic 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 93 mm 17 318 h 29 °C
29 Las Tunas Cuba 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 137 mm 19 313 h
30 Holguín Cuba 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 127 mm 19 320 h
31 Windhoek Namibia 30 °C 30 °C 14 °C 13 mm 3 374 h
32 Cienfuegos Cuba 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 99 mm 14 312 h
33 Santiago de Cuba Cuba 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 115 mm 18 314 h 30 °C
34 Camagüey Cuba 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 116 mm 19 309 h
35 Tucson United States 30 °C 30 °C 15 °C 16 mm 2 333 h
36 Mazatlán Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 70 mm 7 329 h 30 °C
37 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 189 mm 21 299 h 30 °C
38 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 194 mm 20 306 h 30 °C
39 San Pedro de Macorís Dominican Republic 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 103 mm 17 318 h 29 °C
40 Ciudad del Carmen Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 202 mm 20 318 h 29 °C
41 Villahermosa Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 246 mm 21 293 h
42 Pinar del Río Cuba 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 114 mm 15 306 h
43 Basse-Terre Guadeloupe 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 120 mm 19 330 h 29 °C
44 Havana Cuba 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 90 mm 14 308 h 29 °C
45 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 117 mm 21 317 h 29 °C
46 San Miguel del Padrón Cuba 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 102 mm 15 308 h 29 °C
47 Kingston Jamaica 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 145 mm 21 322 h 29 °C
48 Piedras Negras Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 19 °C 59 mm 6 286 h
49 Torreón Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 17 °C 17 mm 2 327 h
50 Manzanillo Mexico 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 161 mm 18 304 h 30 °C

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

September: top 5

  1. Nuuk 6.8 °C
  2. Anchorage 12 °C
  3. Saint-Pierre 15 °C
  4. Edmonton 18 °C
  5. Victoria 18 °C

Full ranking for September

November: top 5

  1. Nuuk -6.2 °C
  2. Anchorage -2.4 °C
  3. Saskatoon -0.4 °C
  4. Edmonton -0.3 °C
  5. Winnipeg 0.06 °C

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in October, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.