Climate averages 1991–2020

Castanhal weather
in October.

A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 23.7°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 34 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Castanhal · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Castanhal: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Isabel do Pará (26 km away). In October its highs average 32.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Castanhal, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Castanhal ranks 38th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 80th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Castanhal is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 49 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 2025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 5000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Castanhal climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Castanhal, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.8°C23.3°C23.3°C26927.012.212 h
February 29.0°C23.0°C23.0°C35727.212.212 h
March 28.9°C22.9°C22.9°C45630.512.112 h
April 28.9°C23.0°C23.0°C42729.612.112 h
May 29.4°C23.0°C23.0°C27827.712.112 h
June 29.7°C22.7°C22.7°C12021.412.012 h
July 30.0°C22.6°C22.6°C9118.112.112 h
August 31.2°C23.0°C23.0°C5112.712.112 h
September 32.3°C23.4°C23.4°C348.612.112 h
October, selected 33.1°C23.7°C23.7°C348.012.112 h
November 32.9°C24.0°C24.0°C498.712.212 h
December 31.8°C24.0°C24.0°C11817.212.212 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

Distance from Castanhal

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Castanhal) is explained once on the Castanhal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.