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Stargazing forecast for São Paulo, Brazil

  • Fri 2 Oct night
  • 23.547° S, 46.636° W
  • 769 m
  • GMT-3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Open the live forecast — sky score, seeing, 7 nights

Tonight at a glance

Overcast all night; the Moon (55% lit) rises at 00:33.

  • Most of the cloud is low cloud, which blocks the sky outright.
  • Dew risk: the temperature comes within 2 °C (3.6 °F) of the dew point by 19:00 — optics may fog without a dew heater.

· MET Norway forecast issued 2 Oct, 17:18 UTC

Cloud cover
100%Cloudy
Dark hours
9 h 7 min19:21–04:29
Moon
55%5 h 10 min moon-free
Wind
12 km/hLight
Low temperature
15°CDuring the dark hours
Dew risk
HighAir comes within 1° of the dew point

Photo: Milky Way over Paranal — ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com), CC BY 4.0

Hourly forecast

Cloud by layer, hour by hour. Darker blue means clearer sky; each cell shows its percentage. Low cloud blocks the sky outright; thin high cloud only dims it.

Hourly cloud cover (%) and conditions tonight in São Paulo
GMT-3Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4
Hour16171819202122230001020304050607080910111213141516171819202122230001020304050607
Sky: Daylight 16–18, Civil twilight 18–19, Dark 19–04, Astronomical twilight 04–05, Civil twilight 05–06, Daylight 06–18, Civil twilight 18–19, Dark 19–04, Astronomical twilight 04–05, Civil twilight 05–06, Daylight 06–08
Total cloud10010010010010010010010010010010010010010010010010010095989510010010098948657517195999952351610141213
Low cloud100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100901009169884195992643271999439299995035168111011
Mid cloud100100100100371000000011116918652332876673565828181236034000301
High cloud100100100100100991001001001009898989195989984838788100100999587673938464600012121
Sun & Moon
Temperature °C16161515151515151515151515151515171819212223242322202019181818171717171718181819
Dew point °C; dew risk (within 2° of the dew point): 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 0614141414141414141414141414141414141415151616161616171717171717171717161616161616
Wind km/h131313121312121213131313131213151515141311101091210101112121211109111212111412
Rain (mm)00000000000000000000.20.60.20.70.61.50.50.30000000000000
Cloud cover0–9%10–24%25–44%45–64%65–84%85–100%
SkyDaylightCivil twilightNautical twilightAstronomical twilightDark
Sun altitudeMoon altitude12dew risk (within 2° of the dew point)Scroll sideways for the next 40 hours →

Weather data: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)

Next 7 nights

Average cloud during each night's dark hours, with the Moon. The first two to three nights use hourly data; later nights use MET Norway's 6-hourly steps and are less certain.

  1. Tonight2 Oct

    100%Cloudy

    55% · 5 h 10 min moon-free

    19:21–04:29

  2. Sat3 Oct

    59%Partly cloudy

    44% · 6 h 10 min moon-free

    19:22–04:28

  3. Sun4 Oct

    92%Cloudy

    33% · 7 h moon-free

    19:22–04:27

    6-hourly data

  4. Mon5 Oct

    100%Cloudy

    23% · 7 h 40 min moon-free

    19:23–04:25

    6-hourly data

  5. Tue6 Oct

    100%Cloudy

    14% · 8 h 20 min moon-free

    19:23–04:24

    6-hourly data

  6. Wed7 Oct

    80%Cloudy

    7% · 8 h 50 min moon-free

    19:24–04:23

    6-hourly data

  7. Thu8 Oct

    41%Partly cloudy

    3% · 8 h 58 min moon-free

    19:24–04:22

    6-hourly data

Sun & twilight

Twilight ends in three steps. Faint galaxies and the Milky Way need astronomical darkness, when the Sun is more than 18° below the horizon.

Sunset
18:05
Civil dusk (−6°)
18:28
Nautical dusk (−12°)
18:55
Astronomical dusk (−18°)
19:21
Astronomical dawn (−18°)
04:29
Nautical dawn (−12°)
04:55
Civil dawn (−6°)
05:22
Sunrise
05:45

Dark window: 19:21 – 04:29 GMT-3 (9 h 7 min)

The Moon

Waning Gibbous

Illuminated
55%
Age
21.3 days
Moonrise
00:33
Moonset
11:13
Moon-free dark time
5 h 10 min

Next phases

  1. Last QuarterSat 3 Oct10:25
  2. New MoonSat 10 Oct12:50
  3. First QuarterSun 18 Oct13:13
  4. Full MoonMon 26 Oct01:12
Next lunar eclipse visible here
Partial · Wed 12 Jan 2028, 01:13 · Moon 41° up
Next solar eclipse visible here
Partial · Sat 6 Feb 2027, 13:21 · 78% of the Sun covered

Planets tonight

Naked-eye planets that climb more than 10° above the horizon during the astronomically dark hours.

Altitude through the night

0°30°60°90°19:0021:0023:0001:0003:0005:00VenusMarsJupiterSaturn
Planets tonight — São Paulo
PlanetRisesTransits (altitude)SetsBest seen tonightBrightnessIn
VenusVisible06:5113:35 · 88°20:1519:21–19:21, Wmag -4.7Virgo
JupiterVisible03:1408:48 · 51°14:2504:11–04:29, NEmag -1.9Leo
SaturnVisible18:0700:05 · 64°06:0319:21–04:29, Nmag 0.2Cetus
MarsVisible02:1507:40 · 46°13:0603:11–04:29, NEmag 1.1Cancer
Mercury06:5213:20 · 81°19:49Below 10°mag -0.1Virgo

Lower magnitude = brighter. Venus and Jupiter outshine every star.

Sky events — next 90 days

Moon phases, seasons, planet highlights and eclipses, with times for this city.

  1. Oct4Sun

    Planet · 09:12

    Saturn at opposition

    Saturn is opposite the Sun: up all night, and at its closest and brightest for the year.

  2. Oct10Sat

    Moon · 12:50

    New Moon

    Darkest skies of the month for galaxies and the Milky Way.

  3. Oct12Mon

    Planet · 07:06

    Mercury at greatest evening elongation

    25° from the Sun — the best evening view of Mercury, low in the west after sunset.

  4. Oct26Mon

    Moon · 01:12

    Full Moon

    Bright moonlight all night; best for the Moon itself.

  5. Oct28Wed

    Moon · 15:04

    Moon at perigee near full (a “supermoon”)

    Closest to Earth this month: 364,397 km.

  6. Nov9Mon

    Moon · 04:02

    New Moon

    Darkest skies of the month for galaxies and the Milky Way.

  7. Nov24Tue

    Moon · 11:54

    Full Moon

    Bright moonlight all night; best for the Moon itself.

  8. Nov25Wed

    Moon · 18:02

    Moon at perigee near full (a “supermoon”)

    Closest to Earth this month: 359,335 km.

  9. Dec8Tue

    Moon · 21:52

    New Moon

    Darkest skies of the month for galaxies and the Milky Way.

  10. Dec21Mon

    Season · 17:50

    Summer solstice

    The shortest night of the year — the fewest dark hours.

  11. Dec23Wed

    Moon · 22:28

    Full Moon

    Bright moonlight all night; best for the Moon itself.

  12. Dec24Thu

    Moon · 05:32

    Moon at perigee near full (a “supermoon”)

    Closest to Earth this month: 356,641 km.

Quick answers

Will it be clear for stargazing in São Paulo tonight?
Overcast all night; the Moon (55% lit) rises at 00:33. That is the hourly total-cloud forecast for São Paulo, Brazil on the night of 2 October 2026, read inside the darkest hours: under 25% cloud counts as clear and 65% or more as cloudy. Most of the cloud is low cloud, which blocks the sky outright.
When does it get dark in São Paulo tonight?
In São Paulo, Brazil on the night of 2 October 2026, astronomical darkness begins at 19:21 and lasts until 04:29 GMT-3 — 9 h 7 min of fully dark sky. The Sun sets at 18:05, and nautical twilight ends at 18:55.
Is the Moon up tonight in São Paulo?
On the night of 2 October 2026 in São Paulo, Brazil, the Moon is a waning gibbous, 55% illuminated. It rises at 00:33 and sets at 11:13, GMT-3. 5 h 10 min of the dark window is moon-free.
Which planets can I see from São Paulo tonight?
From São Paulo, Brazil on the night of 2 October 2026: Venus (19:21–19:21, highest 11° in the W at 19:21, magnitude -4.7); Mars (03:11–04:29, highest 26° in the NE at 04:29, magnitude 1.1); Jupiter (04:11–04:29, highest 16° in the NE at 04:29, magnitude -1.9); Saturn (19:21–04:29, highest 64° in the N at 00:01, magnitude 0.2). Times are GMT-3; all are visible to the naked eye.

Forecast details

Location
23.547° S, 46.636° W
Elevation
769 m
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo (GMT-3)
Weather model
MET Norway Locationforecast 2.0
Forecast issued
2 Oct, 17:18 UTC
Next update expected
≈ 2 Oct, 18:48 UTC
Page generated
2 Oct, 19:01 UTC
Astronomy
Computed with astronomy-engine for these coordinates

Computed for 23.547° S, 46.636° W, elevation 769 m, time zone America/Sao_Paulo. City centres are light-polluted; the times here apply anywhere within about 50 km, so drive out to darker skies.

Sun, Moon and planet positions are calculated with astronomy-engine. Twilight uses the Sun's geometric centre; sunrise and sunset use the upper limb with standard refraction.

The summary line restates the hourly total-cloud forecast inside the dark window (clear under 25%, cloudy from 65%) and the Moon's times. It is not a score — the Tonight score lives in the app.

Seeing and transparency forecasts are coming to the app first (North America via Environment Canada's model, a worldwide beta elsewhere).

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