Mombaça weather in October

In October, Mombaça sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 13 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in October, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Mombaça's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mombaça's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:20 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover
33%
3rd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Mombaça 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 34°C through the month.

A typical October day in Mombaça reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Mombaça

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.

Mombaça weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°841312.33.6
Feb31° / 23°8815.512.23.6
Mar31° / 22°11918.9123.7
Apr30° / 22°10018.411.93.9
May30° / 22°6511.611.74.9
Jun30° / 21°316.311.75.5
Jul31° / 21°183.311.75.5
Aug32° / 21°81.311.85.0
Sep34° / 22°30.8124.3
Oct34° / 23°130.912.13.7
Nov34° / 23°61.112.33.6
Dec34° / 23°224.412.33.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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48812
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Mombaça gets around 13 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 21% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11571140
21571140
31572130
41572130
51571140
61571140
71571140
81472140
91471150
101471150
111470160
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Wind in October

Winds average 15 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:265:29
212.15:265:29
312.15:255:29
412.15:255:29
512.15:245:28
612.15:245:28
712.15:235:28
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912.15:225:28
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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 6.95 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in October across the year — October's 6.95 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
27.0Intense
37.0Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Mombaça

In seasonPeak

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

Mombaça's rainy season runs January–May, 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 Mombaça?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mombaça in October

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

In October, Mombaça sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mombaça 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 Mombaça peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 13UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Mombaça?

Mombaça sits at 5.7°S, 39.6°W, 251 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Piquet Carneiro, 24 km away.

Topography around Mombaça

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mombaça has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 258 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 497 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 754 m.

The land around Mombaça is covered by shrubs (49%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, shrubs (66%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and shrubs (69%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
497 m
80 km
754 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
October weather nearby: Piquet Carneiro 24 km · Senador Pompeu 33 km · Pedra Branca 34 km · Acopiara 44 km · Solonópole 69 km · Boa Viagem 69 km · Quixeramobim 71 km · Quixelô 74 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 Mombaça (-5.7431°, -39.6275°, elevation 251 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).