Climate averages 1991–2020
Duque de Caxias weather
in October.
A hot, 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 hot month in Duque de Caxias: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belford Roxo (9 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Duque de Caxias, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Duque de Caxias ranks joint 229th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 275th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Duque de Caxias is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 213 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
Duque de Caxias climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 265 | 21.2 | 13.413 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 200 | 17.9 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 216 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 13.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 74 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 44 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 86 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 28.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 14.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 213 | 19.0 | 13.213 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 237 | 21.1 | 13.514 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
- Belford Roxo in OctoberBrazil · 9 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Nova Iguaçu in OctoberBrazil · 15 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Rio de Janeiro in OctoberBrazil · 19 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Barra da Tijuca in OctoberBrazil · 24 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Queimados in OctoberBrazil · 26 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 96 mm rain
- São Gonçalo in OctoberBrazil · 27 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Magé in OctoberBrazil · 31 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Petrópolis in OctoberBrazil · 34 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 137 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 Duque de Caxias) is explained once on the Duque de Caxias year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.