Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caruaru (44 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 2.3°C cooler than Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranks joint 105th of 448 for the warmest October highs and 20th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.0 mm to 6.6 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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 12 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 30.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 3.8 | 12.613 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
- Caruaru in OctoberBrazil · 44 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in OctoberBrazil · 48 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Gravatá in OctoberBrazil · 75 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Campina Grande in OctoberBrazil · 88 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in OctoberBrazil · 102 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Carpina in OctoberBrazil · 105 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Arcoverde in OctoberBrazil · 107 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Garanhuns in OctoberBrazil · 108 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 22 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Capibaribe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.