Climate averages 1991–2020
Maceió weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Maceió: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (25 km away). In October its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Maceió, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Maceió ranks joint 263rd of 448 for the warmest October highs and 105th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Maceió is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 40 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
Maceió climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 68 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 83 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 129 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 177 | 24.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 187 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 174 | 25.2 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 23.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 68 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 56 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 12.6 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in OctoberBrazil · 25 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Arapiraca in OctoberBrazil · 102 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Garanhuns in OctoberBrazil · 121 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Caruaru in OctoberBrazil · 156 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Ipojuca in OctoberBrazil · 159 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Gravatá in OctoberBrazil · 164 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in OctoberBrazil · 166 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in OctoberBrazil · 172 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 46 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 Maceió) is explained once on the Maceió year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.