Climate averages 1991–2020
João Pessoa weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in João Pessoa: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Rita (13 km away). In October its highs average 29.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than João Pessoa, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, João Pessoa ranks joint 210th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 54th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; João Pessoa is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 19 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
João Pessoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 56 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 147 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 160 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 164 | 23.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 149 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 69 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 37 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 19 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 9.8 | 12.513 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
- Santa Rita in OctoberBrazil · 13 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Goiana in OctoberBrazil · 52 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Igarassu in OctoberBrazil · 80 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Paulista in OctoberBrazil · 92 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Carpina in OctoberBrazil · 93 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Camaragibe in OctoberBrazil · 102 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Recife in OctoberBrazil · 104 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in OctoberBrazil · 112 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 31 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 João Pessoa) is explained once on the João Pessoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.