Climate averages 1991–2020
Caratinga weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Caratinga: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manhuaçu (53 km away). In October its highs average 26.0°C, 1.7°C cooler than Caratinga, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caratinga ranks joint 255th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 141st of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Caratinga is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 173 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
Caratinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 174 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| February | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 12.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 129 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 68 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 27 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.6 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 173 | 17.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 223 | 19.8 | 13.313 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
- Manhuaçu in OctoberBrazil · 53 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Ipatinga in OctoberBrazil · 55 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Timóteo in OctoberBrazil · 58 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in OctoberBrazil · 59 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in OctoberBrazil · 106 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 83 mm rain
- João Monlevade in OctoberBrazil · 108 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Itabira in OctoberBrazil · 115 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Viçosa in OctoberBrazil · 132 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 92 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 Caratinga) is explained once on the Caratinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.