Climate averages 1991–2020
Araripina weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Araripina: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Picos (120 km away). In October its highs average 36.6°C, 4.1°C warmer than Araripina, with 9.4 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araripina ranks joint 54th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 31st of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Araripina is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 34 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
Araripina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 162 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 171 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 191 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 95 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 32.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 54 | 7.9 | 12.613 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
- Picos in OctoberBrazil · 120 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Crato in OctoberBrazil · 126 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in OctoberBrazil · 137 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Casa Nova in OctoberBrazil · 185 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Iguatu in OctoberBrazil · 189 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Petrolina in OctoberBrazil · 203 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in OctoberBrazil · 247 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Crateús in OctoberBrazil · 267 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 9.6 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 Araripina) is explained once on the Araripina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.