Climate averages 1991–2020
Palmas weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Palmas: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 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 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gurupi (192 km away). In October its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Palmas, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Palmas ranks 35th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 312th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Palmas is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 248 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
Palmas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 354 | 27.1 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 318 | 25.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 313 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 192 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 55 | 7.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 32.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 11.512 h |
| July | 32.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| August | 34.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 35.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 25 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 33.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 129 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 248 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| December | 30.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 297 | 25.0 | 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
- Gurupi in OctoberBrazil · 192 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Redenção in OctoberBrazil · 303 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Araguaína in OctoberBrazil · 331 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Luis Eduardo Magalhães in OctoberBrazil · 350 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Balsas in OctoberBrazil · 386 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Barreiras in OctoberBrazil · 426 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Parauapebas in OctoberBrazil · 488 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Imperatriz in OctoberBrazil · 524 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 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 Palmas) is explained once on the Palmas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.