Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvador weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Salvador: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lauro de Freitas (20 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Salvador, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Salvador ranks joint 296th of 448 for the warmest October highs and 106th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Salvador is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 64 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
Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 62 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 91 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 150 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 21.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 64 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 9.6 | 12.913 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
- Lauro de Freitas in OctoberBrazil · 20 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Simões Filho in OctoberBrazil · 23 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Candeias in OctoberBrazil · 35 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in OctoberBrazil · 46 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Valença (Bahia), Brazil in OctoberBrazil · 77 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in OctoberBrazil · 83 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in OctoberBrazil · 94 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in OctoberBrazil · 94 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 30 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 Salvador) is explained once on the Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.