Climate averages 1991–2020
Palhoça weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Palhoça: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th 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 (5 km away). In October its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Palhoça, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Palhoça ranks joint 414th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 367th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Palhoça is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 154 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
Palhoça climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 241 | 22.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 221 | 20.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 157 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 100 | 12.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 119 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 96 | 9.3 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 88 | 9.6 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 89 | 9.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 147 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| October, selected | 23.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 145 | 15.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 154 | 16.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 27.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 169 | 18.7 | 13.914 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 · 5 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Florianópolis in OctoberBrazil · 13 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Itapema in OctoberBrazil · 62 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Brusque in OctoberBrazil · 65 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Camboriú in OctoberBrazil · 69 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 143 mm rain
- Balneário Camboriú in OctoberBrazil · 73 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 143 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil in OctoberBrazil · 80 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Itajaí in OctoberBrazil · 82 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 143 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 Palhoça) is explained once on the Palhoça year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.