The warmest places in South America in October: ranked by average high temperature
Teresina tops the list at 37 °C in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.
Top three in October: Teresina (37 °C) , Caxias (36 °C) , Makkah (36 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 5.7 °C.
| # | Destination | Country | Avg high | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teresina | Brazil | 37 °C | 37 °C | 25 °C | 16 mm | 2 | 357 h | – |
| 2 | Caxias | Brazil | 36 °C | 36 °C | 24 °C | 16 mm | 3 | 356 h | – |
| 3 | Makkah | Saudi Arabia | 36 °C | 36 °C | 23 °C | 7 mm | 3 | 339 h | – |
| 4 | Madinah | Saudi Arabia | 36 °C | 36 °C | 20 °C | 2 mm | 0 | 336 h | – |
| 5 | Al Hufūf | Saudi Arabia | 36 °C | 36 °C | 20 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 338 h | – |
| 6 | Sobral | Brazil | 36 °C | 36 °C | 24 °C | 3 mm | 1 | 355 h | – |
| 7 | Mossoró | Brazil | 35 °C | 35 °C | 24 °C | 2 mm | 0 | 362 h | – |
| 8 | Al Kharj | Saudi Arabia | 35 °C | 35 °C | 19 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 339 h | – |
| 9 | Hafar Al-Batin | Saudi Arabia | 35 °C | 35 °C | 20 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 334 h | – |
| 10 | Al Jubayl | Saudi Arabia | 35 °C | 35 °C | 23 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 337 h | 30 °C |
| 11 | Buraydah | Saudi Arabia | 34 °C | 34 °C | 19 °C | 3 mm | 0 | 337 h | – |
| 12 | Şabyā | Saudi Arabia | 34 °C | 34 °C | 27 °C | 22 mm | 4 | 339 h | 32 °C |
| 13 | Juazeiro do Norte | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 23 °C | 10 mm | 2 | 352 h | – |
| 14 | Barreiras | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 23 °C | 49 mm | 6 | 339 h | – |
| 15 | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 34 °C | 34 °C | 24 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 339 h | 30 °C |
| 16 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 34 °C | 34 °C | 20 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 339 h | – |
| 17 | Petrolina | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 22 °C | 13 mm | 1 | 350 h | – |
| 18 | Unaizah | Saudi Arabia | 34 °C | 34 °C | 19 °C | 2 mm | 0 | 337 h | – |
| 19 | Yanbu | Saudi Arabia | 34 °C | 34 °C | 25 °C | 2 mm | 0 | 337 h | 30 °C |
| 20 | Imperatriz | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 25 °C | 43 mm | 6 | 358 h | – |
| 21 | Parnaíba | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 25 °C | 6 mm | 1 | 356 h | 27 °C |
| 22 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 33 °C | 33 °C | 26 °C | 3 mm | 1 | 340 h | 31 °C |
| 23 | Palmas | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 24 °C | 129 mm | 15 | 337 h | – |
| 24 | Rondonópolis | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 23 °C | 110 mm | 16 | 326 h | – |
| 25 | Castanhal | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 24 °C | 34 mm | 8 | 366 h | – |
| 26 | Cuiabá | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 24 °C | 128 mm | 16 | 329 h | – |
| 27 | Várzea Grande | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 24 °C | 117 mm | 15 | 322 h | – |
| 28 | Abaetetuba | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 25 °C | 25 mm | 7 | 367 h | – |
| 29 | Marabá | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 24 °C | 71 mm | 11 | 350 h | – |
| 30 | Coro | Venezuela | 33 °C | 33 °C | 25 °C | 100 mm | 16 | 318 h | 28 °C |
| 31 | Ananindeua | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 24 °C | 44 mm | 10 | 367 h | 29 °C |
| 32 | Araguaína | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 23 °C | 103 mm | 14 | 343 h | – |
| 33 | Belém | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 25 °C | 32 mm | 7 | 367 h | 29 °C |
| 34 | Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 108 mm | 16 | 340 h | – |
| 35 | Maracanaú | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 7 mm | 2 | 358 h | 27 °C |
| 36 | Macapá | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 25 °C | 18 mm | 4 | 364 h | 30 °C |
| 37 | Boa Vista | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 81 mm | 13 | 343 h | – |
| 38 | Parauapebas | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 23 °C | 73 mm | 12 | 345 h | – |
| 39 | Porto Velho | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 176 mm | 22 | 311 h | – |
| 40 | Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 88 mm | 16 | 340 h | – |
| 41 | Ha'il | Saudi Arabia | 32 °C | 32 °C | 18 °C | 3 mm | 1 | 332 h | – |
| 42 | Rio Branco | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 23 °C | 138 mm | 19 | 302 h | – |
| 43 | Sinop | Brazil | 31 °C | 31 °C | 22 °C | 143 mm | 20 | 314 h | – |
| 44 | Santarém | Brazil | 31 °C | 31 °C | 26 °C | 107 mm | 11 | 335 h | – |
| 45 | Cayenne | French Guiana | 31 °C | 31 °C | 24 °C | 58 mm | 11 | 351 h | 28 °C |
| 46 | San Fernando de Apure | Venezuela | 31 °C | 31 °C | 24 °C | 153 mm | 22 | 318 h | – |
| 47 | Santa Teresa del Tuy | Venezuela | 31 °C | 31 °C | 23 °C | 83 mm | 17 | 314 h | – |
| 48 | São Luís | Brazil | 31 °C | 31 °C | 26 °C | 14 mm | 3 | 362 h | 28 °C |
| 49 | El Tigre | Venezuela | 31 °C | 31 °C | 23 °C | 87 mm | 16 | 334 h | – |
| 50 | Manaus | Brazil | 31 °C | 31 °C | 25 °C | 148 mm | 21 | 321 h | – |
Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.
The same ranking one month earlier and later
September: top 5
- Stanley 6.6 °C
- Puerto Montt 12 °C
- La Paz 14 °C
- Temuco 14 °C
- Valparaíso 14 °C
November: top 5
- Stanley 11 °C
- La Paz 15 °C
- Puerto Montt 15 °C
- Quito 16 °C
- Juliaca 17 °C
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- The average daily high temperature, in °C, in October, highest first.
- Period
- 1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
- Who is included
- 50 destinations in South America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
- Ties
- Equal values are ordered by population.
- Sources
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.