Climate averages 1991–2020
Herāt weather
in October.
A warm, 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 warm month in Herāt: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (286 km away). In October its highs average 19.8°C, 4.4°C cooler than Herāt, with 9.0 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Herāt ranks joint 4th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 23.0°C; Herāt is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.5 mm to 17 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
Herāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 49 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 60 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 68 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 34.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 24.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 17 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 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
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in OctoberIran · 286 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in OctoberIran · 291 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Maymana in OctoberAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Mashhad in OctoberIran · 320 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Bīrjand in OctoberIran · 321 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Kāshmar in OctoberIran · 355 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Mary in OctoberTurkmenistan · 362 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Bayramaly in OctoberTurkmenistan · 364 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 5.6 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 Herāt) is explained once on the Herāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.