Piancó weather in October

In October, Piancó sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 6 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Piancó's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piancó's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:12 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover
39%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Piancó is human 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 36°C through the month.

A typical October day in Piancó reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 37°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)
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How October really feels in Piancó

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.

Piancó weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°829.512.42.8
Feb34° / 24°10110.812.23.0
Mar33° / 24°14214.1123.1
Apr33° / 23°9410.611.83.5
May33° / 23°436.611.74.0
Jun32° / 22°163.311.64.7
Jul32° / 21°61.411.64.8
Aug33° / 21°40.411.84.2
Sep35° / 22°10.2123.1
Oct36° / 23°60.812.22.5
Nov36° / 24°6112.32.4
Dec36° / 24°202.912.42.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
28812
38812
48713
58614
68614
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88416
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Piancó gets around 6 mm of rain over 0.8 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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21
31
41
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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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11445230
21445140
31435240
41435150
51435150
61425160
71415260
81415170
91405270
101405180
111395280
121395280
131385290
141375291
1513751101
1613652101
1713553101
1813453111
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Wind in October

Winds average 14 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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914light breeze
1014light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 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 5:19 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:195:23
212.15:185:22
312.15:185:22
412.15:175:22
512.15:175:22
612.15:165:22
712.15:165:22
812.15:155:22
912.15:155:22
1012.15:145:22
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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 7.07 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in October across the year — October's 7.07 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
27.1Intense
37.1Intense
47.1Intense
57.1Intense
67.1Intense
77.1Intense
87.1Intense
97.1Intense
107.1Intense
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137.1Intense
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277.0Intense
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297.0Intense
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Piancó

In seasonPeak

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

Piancó's rainy season runs January–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 Piancó?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Piancó in October

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

In October, Piancó sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Piancó 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 Piancó peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 14UV 15Jul 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Piancó?

Piancó sits at 7.2°S, 37.9°W, 268 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itaporanga, 27 km away.

Topography around Piancó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piancó has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 270 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 391 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,017 m.

The land around Piancó is covered by grassland (47%) and shrubs (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (67%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (65%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
196 m
16 km
391 m
80 km
1,017 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
October weather nearby: Itaporanga 27 km · Pombal 50 km · Sousa 59 km · Princesa Isabel 60 km · Tabira 61 km · São José de Piranhas 64 km · Carnaíba 69 km · Afogados da Ingazeira 69 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 Piancó (-7.1981°, -37.9292°, elevation 268 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).