Climate averages 1991–2020
Alfenas weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Alfenas: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varginha (55 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Alfenas, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Alfenas ranks joint 307th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 166th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Alfenas is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Alfenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 245 | 22.0 | 13.313 h |
| February | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 151 | 16.6 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 39 | 4.7 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 16 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| July | 22.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 64 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 95 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 172 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 204 | 21.1 | 13.413 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Varginha in OctoberBrazil · 55 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Poços de Caldas in OctoberBrazil · 75 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 149 mm rain
- Três Corações in OctoberBrazil · 78 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Pouso Alegre in OctoberBrazil · 89 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Lavras in OctoberBrazil · 100 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Passos in OctoberBrazil · 105 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 94 mm rain
- São João da Boa Vista in OctoberBrazil · 106 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Itajubá in OctoberBrazil · 122 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 154 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alfenas) is explained once on the Alfenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.