Climate averages 1991–2020
Picos weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Picos: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araripina (120 km away). In October its highs average 32.5°C, 4.1°C cooler than Picos, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Picos ranks 2nd of 448 for the warmest October highs and 25th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Picos is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.4 mm to 25 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
Picos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 141 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 149 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 88 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.9 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 35.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 36.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 9.4 | 1.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 35.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 34.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 12.513 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
- Araripina in OctoberBrazil · 120 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Crato in OctoberBrazil · 228 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Crateús in OctoberBrazil · 229 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in OctoberBrazil · 238 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Casa Nova in OctoberBrazil · 239 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Iguatu in OctoberBrazil · 252 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Teresina in OctoberBrazil · 266 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Petrolina in OctoberBrazil · 279 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 10 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 Picos) is explained once on the Picos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.