Climate averages 1991–2020

Pelotas weather
in October.

A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.6°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 15.0°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 140 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pelotas · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Pelotas: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Grande (37 km away). In October its highs average 18.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Pelotas, with 129 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Pelotas ranks 447th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 348th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Pelotas is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 95 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pelotas climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pelotas, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.3°C20.8°C20.8°C10911.614.014 h
February 26.2°C21.0°C21.0°C10612.613.213 h
March 25.1°C19.8°C19.8°C10211.712.312 h
April 22.6°C17.0°C17.0°C11610.111.311 h
May 19.3°C13.8°C13.8°C1059.310.511 h
June 17.0°C11.2°C11.2°C1119.810.110 h
July 16.2°C10.1°C10.1°C11710.210.310 h
August 17.6°C11.1°C11.1°C1169.911.011 h
September 18.4°C12.5°C12.5°C14110.611.912 h
October, selected 20.6°C15.0°C15.0°C14010.612.813 h
November 22.8°C16.8°C16.8°C958.613.714 h
December 25.2°C19.1°C19.1°C1009.814.214 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

Distance from Pelotas

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pelotas) is explained once on the Pelotas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.