Maracás weather in October

In October, Maracás sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 45 mm of rain across 6.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in October, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Maracás's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maracás's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
5th warmest
Overnight low
18°
6th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
6.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:18 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover
56%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Maracás 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 29°C through the month.

A typical October day in Maracás reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and on par with November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12818
22818
32918
42918
52918
62918
72918
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122918
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Maracás weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°9011.412.75.1
Feb29° / 20°7711.212.45.0
Mar29° / 20°9912.712.15.0
Apr28° / 20°6812.511.75.7
May26° / 18°308.111.46.8
Jun25° / 17°196.911.27.2
Jul25° / 16°176.511.37.4
Aug25° / 16°144.911.67.5
Sep27° / 17°154.311.97.3
Oct29° / 18°456.912.36.0
Nov29° / 19°11012.412.65.2
Dec29° / 20°10711.112.85.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25743
35743
45743
55743
65644
75644
85545
95545
105545
115446
125347
135347
145248
155347
165248
175149
185149
195149
205149
215149
224951
234951
244951
254951
264753
274753
284753
294654
304555
314555

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Maracás gets around 45 mm of rain over 6.9 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 23% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
117
218
318
418
518
618
719
819
919
1019
1119
1219
1320
1420
1520
1621
1721
1822
1922
2023
2124
2225
2326
2427
2527
2628
2729
2830
2930
3031
3132

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the humid band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
117749
2177310
3167410
4167410
5167311
6167311
7167311
8167311
9167311
10167311
11167212
12167212
13167212
14167113
15157213
16157114
17157015
18147115
19147016
20146818
21136819
22126721
23126622
24116524
25106525
26106327
2796328
2886230
2986131
3086032
3176033

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
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3110calm

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 5:27 AM to 5:11 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:275:34
212.15:265:34
312.15:265:34
412.25:255:34
512.25:245:35
612.25:245:35
712.25:235:35
812.25:225:35
912.25:225:35
1012.25:215:35
1112.25:215:35
1212.35:205:35
1312.35:195:35
1412.35:195:36
1512.35:185:36
1612.35:185:36
1712.35:175:36
1812.35:175:36
1912.35:165:36
2012.45:155:37
2112.45:155:37
2212.45:155:37
2312.45:145:37
2412.45:145:38
2512.45:135:38
2612.45:135:38
2712.45:125:38
2812.45:125:39
2912.55:125:39
3012.55:115:39
3112.55:115:40

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in January across the year — October's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
75.4Bright
85.4Bright
95.4Bright
105.5Bright
115.5Bright
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135.5Bright
145.5Bright
155.5Bright
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Maracás

In seasonPeak

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

Maracás's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is October a good time to visit Maracás?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Maracás in October

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

In October, Maracás sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Maracás 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 Maracás peaks around February 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 18UV 15Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Maracás?

Maracás sits at 13.4°S, 40.4°W, 963 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Jaguaquara, 51 km away.

Topography around Maracás

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maracás has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 950 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 591 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,100 m.

The land around Maracás is covered by grassland (42%), shrubs (25%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (40%), trees (35%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
591 m
80 km
1,100 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
October weather nearby: Jaguaquara 51 km · Jequié 60 km · Iaçu 79 km · Ubaíra 85 km · Boa Vista do Tupim 89 km · Ibicoara 93 km · Barra da Estiva 99 km · Amargosa 100 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 Maracás (-13.4411°, -40.4308°, elevation 963 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).