Climate averages 1991–2020
Gardez weather
in October.
A mild, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 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 Gardez: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khōst (71 km away). In October its highs average 23.3°C, 4.8°C warmer than Gardez, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Gardez ranks 14th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.0°C; Gardez is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Gardez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 0.8°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 7.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 16.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 69 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 41 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 28.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 54 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 47 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 18.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 10 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 11.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 20 | 3.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 5.3°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 23 | 4.1 | 10.010 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Khōst in OctoberAfghanistan · 71 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Ghazni in OctoberAfghanistan · 75 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Kabul in OctoberAfghanistan · 104 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Bannu in OctoberPakistan · 145 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Jalālābād in OctoberAfghanistan · 146 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Bagrām in OctoberAfghanistan · 152 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Kohat in OctoberPakistan · 206 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Peshawar in OctoberPakistan · 222 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 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 Gardez) is explained once on the Gardez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.