Maracaçumé weather in October

In October, Maracaçumé sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 21 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Maracaçumé's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maracaçumé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
21 mm
5.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:48 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
50%
4th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Maracaçumé is settlement in Brazil.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical October day in Maracaçumé reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Maracaçumé

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Maracaçumé weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°19124.712.12.9
Feb30° / 23°2642612.12.7
Mar30° / 23°33730.2122.7
Apr30° / 23°32928.8122.7
May30° / 23°21326.711.93.0
Jun30° / 23°10520.911.93.7
Jul30° / 22°7817.411.94.2
Aug31° / 22°3510.611.94.6
Sep32° / 23°216.3124.3
Oct33° / 23°215.4123.9
Nov33° / 24°316.612.13.7
Dec33° / 24°7413.112.13.3

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 35% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Maracaçumé gets around 21 mm of rain over 5.4 wet days in October, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 18% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1892
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Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:525:53
212.05:525:53
312.05:525:53
412.05:515:53
512.05:515:52
612.05:505:52
712.05:505:52
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.9 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in October across the year — October's 5.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Maracaçumé

In seasonPeak

None of Maracaçumé's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Maracaçumé's monsoon runs January–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Maracaçumé?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maracaçumé. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Maracaçumé in October

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

In October, Maracaçumé sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Maracaçumé in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maracaçumé peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Maracaçumé in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Maracaçumé is worst in December — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateDec 1220 µg/m³Jul 147 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul7Good
Aug8Good
Sep10Good
Oct12Good
Nov19Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Maracaçumé?

Maracaçumé sits at 2.0°S, 46.0°W, 33 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Governador Nunes Freire, 12 km away.

Topography around Maracaçumé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maracaçumé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m.

The land around Maracaçumé is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (70%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
72 m
80 km
206 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
October weather nearby: Governador Nunes Freire 12 km · Centro Novo do Maranhão 21 km · Santa Luzia do Paruá 59 km · Cândido Mendes 70 km · Cachoeira do Piriá 72 km · Turilândia 75 km · Santa Helena 76 km · Turiaçu 78 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
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

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 Maracaçumé (-2.0428°, -45.9592°, elevation 33 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).