Climate averages 1991–2020
Montes Claros weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Montes Claros: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janaúba (119 km away). In October its highs average 32.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Montes Claros, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Montes Claros ranks joint 108th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 113th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Montes Claros is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 178 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
Montes Claros climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 131 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| February | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 92 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 111 | 11.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 30.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 67 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 178 | 15.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 206 | 16.5 | 13.113 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
- Janaúba in OctoberBrazil · 119 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Curvelo in OctoberBrazil · 233 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in OctoberBrazil · 280 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Guanambi in OctoberBrazil · 302 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Sete Lagoas in OctoberBrazil · 306 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in OctoberBrazil · 310 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in OctoberBrazil · 322 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Paracatu in OctoberBrazil · 325 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 96 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 Montes Claros) is explained once on the Montes Claros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.