Castro Alves weather in October

In October, Castro Alves sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 34 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Castro Alves's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Castro Alves's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 34 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:14 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 1st clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Castro Alves is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical October day in Castro Alves reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 1°C cooler than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
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22	30	21
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24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	31	21

How October really feels in Castro Alves

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 9 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Castro Alves weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	69	12.2	12.7	4.1
Feb	32° / 22°	47	11.5	12.4	4.0
Mar	31° / 22°	60	13.9	12.1	3.9
Apr	30° / 22°	49	14.9	11.7	4.4
May	28° / 21°	35	12	11.4	5.5
Jun	27° / 20°	34	12.9	11.3	6.1
Jul	26° / 19°	36	13.2	11.3	6.2
Aug	27° / 19°	33	13.7	11.6	6.0
Sep	28° / 19°	26	10.5	11.9	5.9
Oct	30° / 20°	34	10.6	12.3	5.1
Nov	31° / 21°	56	11.1	12.6	4.5
Dec	31° / 22°	56	9.4	12.7	4.3

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in October, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	61	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	55	53	53	52
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	47	47	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Castro Alves gets around 34 mm of rain over 10.6 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	36	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	35
13	34
14	34
15	33
16	33
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	31
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	33
31	33

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4
Muggy (%)	80	81	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	83	84	84	83	84	83	83	82	83	82	82	82	81	81	80	80
Oppressive (%)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	16

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	14	80	6
2	13	81	6
3	13	80	7
4	12	81	7
5	12	81	7
6	12	81	7
7	12	81	7
8	11	82	7
9	11	82	7
10	11	82	7
11	11	82	7
12	11	82	7
13	11	83	6
14	11	83	6
15	10	84	6
16	10	83	7
17	9	84	7
18	9	84	7
19	9	83	8
20	8	84	8
21	8	83	9
22	7	83	10
23	7	82	11
24	6	83	11
25	6	82	12
26	5	82	13
27	5	82	13
28	5	81	14
29	5	81	14
30	5	80	15
31	4	80	16

Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
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30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:35 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:08
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:23	5:30
2	12.1	5:23	5:30
3	12.1	5:22	5:30
4	12.1	5:21	5:30
5	12.2	5:21	5:30
6	12.2	5:20	5:30
7	12.2	5:19	5:30
8	12.2	5:19	5:30
9	12.2	5:18	5:31
10	12.2	5:17	5:31
11	12.2	5:17	5:31
12	12.2	5:16	5:31
13	12.3	5:16	5:31
14	12.3	5:15	5:31
15	12.3	5:15	5:31
16	12.3	5:14	5:31
17	12.3	5:14	5:32
18	12.3	5:13	5:32
19	12.3	5:13	5:32
20	12.3	5:12	5:32
21	12.3	5:12	5:32
22	12.4	5:11	5:33
23	12.4	5:11	5:33
24	12.4	5:10	5:33
25	12.4	5:10	5:33
26	12.4	5:09	5:33
27	12.4	5:09	5:34
28	12.4	5:09	5:34
29	12.4	5:08	5:34
30	12.4	5:08	5:35
31	12.5	5:08	5:35

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
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10	5.4	Bright
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27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Castro Alves?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

6.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Castro Alves for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Castro Alves in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Castro Alves sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Castro Alves in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Castro Alves peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	14	12	9	9	9	10	11	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Castro Alves?

Castro Alves sits at 12.8°S, 39.4°W, 255 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sapeaçu, 27 km away.

Topography around Castro Alves

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Castro Alves.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Castro Alves has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 248 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 689 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 931 m.

The land around Castro Alves is covered by grassland (87%) within 3 km, grassland (78%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

grassland 87%

16 km

689 m

grassland 78%

80 km

931 m

grassland 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

← September Castro Alves year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Sapeaçu 27 km · Conceição do Almeida 28 km · Santo Antônio de Jesus 29 km · Itatim 30 km · Amargosa 35 km · Cabaceiras do Paraguaçu 36 km · Cruz das Almas 37 km · São Felipe 38 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / N; 127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,713; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 19.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 16; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 482
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Castro Alves (-12.7656°, -39.4283°, elevation 255 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	30	20
17	30	20
18	30	20
19	30	20
20	30	20
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	31	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	35
13	34
14	34
15	33
16	33
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	31
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	33
31	33

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	14	80	6
2	13	81	6
3	13	80	7
4	12	81	7
5	12	81	7
6	12	81	7
7	12	81	7
8	11	82	7
9	11	82	7
10	11	82	7
11	11	82	7
12	11	82	7
13	11	83	6
14	11	83	6
15	10	84	6
16	10	83	7
17	9	84	7
18	9	84	7
19	9	83	8
20	8	84	8
21	8	83	9
22	7	83	10
23	7	82	11
24	6	83	11
25	6	82	12
26	5	82	13
27	5	82	13
28	5	81	14
29	5	81	14
30	5	80	15
31	4	80	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	30	20
17	30	20
18	30	20
19	30	20
20	30	20
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	31	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	35
13	34
14	34
15	33
16	33
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	31
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	33
31	33

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	14	80	6
2	13	81	6
3	13	80	7
4	12	81	7
5	12	81	7
6	12	81	7
7	12	81	7
8	11	82	7
9	11	82	7
10	11	82	7
11	11	82	7
12	11	82	7
13	11	83	6
14	11	83	6
15	10	84	6
16	10	83	7
17	9	84	7
18	9	84	7
19	9	83	8
20	8	84	8
21	8	83	9
22	7	83	10
23	7	82	11
24	6	83	11
25	6	82	12
26	5	82	13
27	5	82	13
28	5	81	14
29	5	81	14
30	5	80	15
31	4	80	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	30	20
17	30	20
18	30	20
19	30	20
20	30	20
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	31	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	60	40
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	35
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	35
13	34
14	34
15	33
16	33
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	31
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	33
31	33

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	14	80	6
2	13	81	6
3	13	80	7
4	12	81	7
5	12	81	7
6	12	81	7
7	12	81	7
8	11	82	7
9	11	82	7
10	11	82	7
11	11	82	7
12	11	82	7
13	11	83	6
14	11	83	6
15	10	84	6
16	10	83	7
17	9	84	7
18	9	84	7
19	9	83	8
20	8	84	8
21	8	83	9
22	7	83	10
23	7	82	11
24	6	83	11
25	6	82	12
26	5	82	13
27	5	82	13
28	5	81	14
29	5	81	14
30	5	80	15
31	4	80	16