Climate averages 1991–2020
Paracatu weather
in October.
A hot, 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 Paracatu: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a 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 Unaí (96 km away). In October its highs average 31.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Paracatu, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paracatu ranks joint 108th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 168th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Paracatu is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 235 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
Paracatu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 254 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| February | 28.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 174 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 198 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.0 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.5 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 30.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 96 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 235 | 20.4 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 281 | 22.0 | 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
- Unaí in OctoberBrazil · 96 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Catalão in OctoberBrazil · 155 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in OctoberBrazil · 156 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Luziânia in OctoberBrazil · 157 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Cidade Ocidental in OctoberBrazil · 167 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 122 mm rain
- Valparaíso de Goiás in OctoberBrazil · 174 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 122 mm rain
- São Sebastião (Federal District), Brazil in OctoberBrazil · 175 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Santa Maria, Brazil in OctoberBrazil · 181 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 122 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 Paracatu) is explained once on the Paracatu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.