Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Luzia weather
in October.
A hot, moderately 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 Santa Luzia: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vespasiano (11 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Santa Luzia, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Luzia ranks joint 238th of 448 for the warmest October highs and joint 116th of 448 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 448 cities is 28.3°C; Santa Luzia is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 165 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 Luzia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 178 | 17.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 100 | 11.7 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 47 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 38 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 28.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 69 | 10.2 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 165 | 17.7 | 13.013 h |
| December | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 217 | 20.9 | 13.313 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
- Vespasiano in OctoberBrazil · 11 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Sabará in OctoberBrazil · 14 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in OctoberBrazil · 16 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in OctoberBrazil · 19 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Nova Lima in OctoberBrazil · 24 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in OctoberBrazil · 25 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Contagem in OctoberBrazil · 28 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Ibirité in OctoberBrazil · 35 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 81 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 Luzia) is explained once on the Santa Luzia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.