Climate averages 1991–2020
Florianópolis weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th 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 Florianópolis: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 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 44 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil (8 km away). In October its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Florianópolis, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Florianópolis ranks joint 424th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 277th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Florianópolis is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 116 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
Florianópolis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 181 | 18.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 161 | 17.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 125 | 17.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 84 | 10.4 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 110 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 94 | 8.9 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 84 | 9.0 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 86 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 132 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 22.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 122 | 13.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 116 | 14.0 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 126 | 15.0 | 13.814 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
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in OctoberBrazil · 8 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Palhoça in OctoberBrazil · 13 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Itapema in OctoberBrazil · 57 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Camboriú in OctoberBrazil · 64 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Brusque in OctoberBrazil · 66 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Balneário Camboriú in OctoberBrazil · 68 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Itajaí in OctoberBrazil · 77 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Gaspar in OctoberBrazil · 84 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 150 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 Florianópolis) is explained once on the Florianópolis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.