Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouro Preto weather
in October.
A warm, 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 warm month in Ouro Preto: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conselheiro Lafaiete (42 km away). In October its highs average 25.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Ouro Preto, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ouro Preto ranks joint 409th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 344th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Ouro Preto is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 283 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
Ouro Preto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 294 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| February | 24.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 187 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 227 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 99 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 24 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 139 | 15.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 283 | 21.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 340 | 24.2 | 13.313 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
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in OctoberBrazil · 42 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Nova Lima in OctoberBrazil · 58 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Sabará in OctoberBrazil · 65 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in OctoberBrazil · 69 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Ibirité in OctoberBrazil · 71 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 81 mm rain
- João Monlevade in OctoberBrazil · 74 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Viçosa in OctoberBrazil · 76 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Contagem in OctoberBrazil · 77 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 81 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 Ouro Preto) is explained once on the Ouro Preto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.