Climate averages 1991–2020
Braga weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Braga: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto (47 km away). In October its highs average 20.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Braga, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Braga ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 20.9°C; Braga is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 210 mm to 200 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
Braga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 191 | 12.5 | 9.510 h |
| February | 13.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 126 | 9.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 147 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 142 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 121 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 6.6 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 4.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 79 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 210 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 200 | 13.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 205 | 13.1 | 9.29 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
- Porto in OctoberPortugal · 47 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Vigo in OctoberSpain · 80 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 214 mm rain
- Ourense in OctoberSpain · 99 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Pontevedra in OctoberSpain · 100 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 199 mm rain
- Aveiro in OctoberPortugal · 102 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Viseu in OctoberPortugal · 108 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in OctoberSpain · 148 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Coimbra in OctoberPortugal · 150 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 117 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 Braga) is explained once on the Braga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.