Climate averages 1991–2020
São Tomé weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in São Tomé: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Port-Gentil (257 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, 1.7°C warmer than São Tomé, with 147 mm of rain.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 152 mm to 210 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
São Tomé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 135 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 115 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 133 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 130 | 18.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 119 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 14 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 46 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 25.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 152 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 210 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 174 | 26.1 | 12.112 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
- Port-Gentil in OctoberGabon · 257 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 147 mm rain
- Libreville in OctoberGabon · 303 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 358 mm rain
- Owendo in OctoberGabon · 309 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 335 mm rain
- Bata in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 378 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 335 mm rain
- Malabo in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 443 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 297 mm rain
- Kribi in OctoberCameroon · 456 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 329 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in OctoberEquatorial Guinea · 476 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 332 mm rain
- Ogbia in OctoberNigeria · 486 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 386 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 São Tomé) is explained once on the São Tomé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.