Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagrām weather
in October.
A mild, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Bagrām: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabul (50 km away). In October its highs average 20.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Bagrām, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Bagrām ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.0°C; Bagrām is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.3 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bagrām climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 47 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 5.5°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 69 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 71 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 46 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 5.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 21.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 6.3 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 26 | 4.4 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Kabul in OctoberAfghanistan · 50 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Jalālābād in OctoberAfghanistan · 124 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Baghlān in OctoberAfghanistan · 139 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Gardez in OctoberAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Ghazni in OctoberAfghanistan · 175 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Khōst in OctoberAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Khanabad in OctoberAfghanistan · 191 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Kunduz in OctoberAfghanistan · 199 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 12 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bagrām) is explained once on the Bagrām year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.