Viçosa do Ceará weather in October

In October, Viçosa do Ceará sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 6 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-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 68% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Viçosa do Ceará's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Viçosa do Ceará's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:27 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover
33%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Viçosa do Ceará 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 34°C through the month.

A typical October day in Viçosa do Ceará reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 11°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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How October really feels in Viçosa do Ceará

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.

Viçosa do Ceará weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°1191712.23.5
Feb30° / 23°1402012.13.4
Mar30° / 22°20825123.3
Apr29° / 22°20722.911.93.5
May30° / 22°7712.711.84.6
Jun31° / 22°143.511.85.5
Jul31° / 22°61.211.85.6
Aug32° / 22°20.311.95.1
Sep33° / 22°10.2124.5
Oct34° / 23°60.512.14.0
Nov34° / 23°50.812.23.8
Dec33° / 23°285.412.23.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 16%. 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

Viçosa do Ceará gets around 6 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 53% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
155450
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Wind in October

Winds average 13 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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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 5:32 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 5:34 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:325:34
212.05:325:34
312.05:325:34
412.05:315:34
512.05:315:33
612.05:305:33
712.15:305:33
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912.15:295:33
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1112.15:295:32
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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 6.87 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in October across the year — October's 6.87 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Viçosa do Ceará

In seasonPeak

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

Viçosa do Ceará's monsoon runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
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Is October a good time to visit Viçosa do Ceará?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Viçosa do Ceará in October

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Viçosa do Ceará 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 Viçosa do Ceará peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Viçosa do Ceará 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 Viçosa do Ceará is worst in December — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateDec 1017 µg/m³Jul 176 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul6Good
Aug7Good
Sep8Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Viçosa do Ceará?

Viçosa do Ceará sits at 3.6°S, 41.1°W, 719 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Tianguá, 22 km away.

Topography around Viçosa do Ceará

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Viçosa do Ceará has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 660 m around an average of 602 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 749 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,010 m.

The land around Viçosa do Ceará is covered by trees (84%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (41%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
660 m
16 km
749 m
80 km
1,010 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
October weather nearby: Tianguá 22 km · Ubajara 38 km · Frecheirinha 38 km · Ibiapina 46 km · Coreaú 48 km · Cocal 53 km · Granja 57 km · São Benedito 60 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 Viçosa do Ceará (-3.5622°, -41.0922°, elevation 719 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).